The kanji 簡: meaning, readings and stroke order

簡

Meaning: simple, brief
On reading: カン kan
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 18
Radical: 竹 bamboo
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: đơn giản, gọn (giản)
Japanese: てがるでやさしい。
Korean: 쉽다, 간단하다 (간)
Chinese: 简单、简 (简)

Readings, words and example sentences

カン kan · on reading

簡かん単たん
easy, simple
作り方は 簡かん単たんです。
It is easy to make.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.