簡 – simplicity, brevity

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The kanji 簡 means simplicity, brevity. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is カン、ケン (kan, ken); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is えら.ぶ、ふだ (erabu, fuda). It is written with 18 strokes, under radical 竹 (no. 118).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	カン	kan
On’yomi	ケン	ken
Kun’yomi	えら.ぶ	erabu
Kun’yomi	ふだ	fuda

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 竹 (Kangxi radical 118). Components: 竹・日・門・乞.

Words using 簡

簡単かんたんsimple簡易かんいsimple簡潔かんけつconcise簡素かんそsimple

Example sentences

テニスをすることは私には簡単だ。

Playing tennis is easy for me.

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簡潔は機知の精髄。

Brevity is the soul of wit.

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芝刈り機が簡素な作りの荷車に積んである。

Some lawn equipment is loaded into the jerry-built cart.

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Kanji with the same radical

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