簡 — simplicity, brevity

かん簡 simplicity

かん

U+7C21 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #983 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #1749 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

simplicity
brevity

Readings

On'yomi: かん kan けん ken
Kun'yomi: えら era ふだ fuda

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かん kan On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

簡(かん) 単(たん) kantan simple 簡(かん) 易(い) kani simple 簡(かん) 潔(けつ) kanketsu concise 簡(かん) 素(そ) kanso simplicity 書(しょ) 簡(かん) shokan letter 簡(かん) 易(い) 保(ほ) 険(けん) kanihoken postal life insurance 簡(かん) 略(りゃく) kanryaku simple

Words by frequency and grade

7 words

Each dot is a word containing 簡: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.

S = secondary school · 2 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.

Stroke order

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Components

Composed of

たけ竹 bamboo #118

あいだ間 interval

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#118 竹 bamboo