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
Radical: 竹
Reading: たけかんむり
Meaning: bamboo
Strokes: 6
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
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
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