Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N2

983 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 18

Meaning: simplicity, brevity

Kunyomi: えら.ぶ ふだ

Onyomi: カン ケン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: たけかんむり

Meaning: bamboo

Strokes: 6

Examples

Examples with audio

単な(かんたんな)   simple

単過ぎる(かんたんすぎる)   too simple

素な(かんそな)   plain

略な(かんりゃくな)   simple

潔な(かんけつな)    brief

Onyomi Examples

カン simplicity, brevity, letter, note, correspondence, bamboo writing strip (in ancient China), simplified Chinese character

カンイ simplicity, convenience, easiness, quasi-

ショカン letter, note, epistle, correspondence

ライカン correspondence, received letter

不料 フリョウケン indiscretion, bad idea, thoughtlessness, indiscreetness

Kunyomi Examples

ふだ ticket, token, check, receipt, label, tag, sign, card, plate, playing card, charm, talisman, slip of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims