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The Kanji Map

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: 竹 間

簡

Radical

Radical: 竹

Reading: たけかんむり

Meaning: bamboo

Strokes: 6

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Examples

Examples with audio

簡単な(かんたんな)   simple

簡単過ぎる(かんたんすぎる)   too simple

簡素な(かんそな)   plain

簡略な(かんりゃくな)   simple

簡潔な(かんけつな)    brief

Onyomi Examples

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

簡易 (カンイ) simple, simplified, easy, plain

書簡 (ショカン) letter, note, epistle, correspondence

来簡 (ライカン) correspondence, received letter

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

Kunyomi Examples

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

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