简 (jiǎn): meaning and stroke order
简 (jiǎn) means simple, uncomplicated, letter, to choose, to select, bamboo strips used for writing (old).
简
- Simplified
- 简
- Traditional
- 簡
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
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Stroke order of 简
简
- jiǎn simple; uncomplicated
- 13 strokes
- Traditional form: 簡
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Meaning of 简
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jiǎn
Traditional 簡
- simple
- uncomplicated
- letter
- to choose
- to select
- bamboo strips used for writing (old)
Radical and structure
- 简
- Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 13 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 间 below
Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.
Words with 简
- 简单 jiǎn dān simple; not complicated
- 简直 jiǎn zhí simply; really
- 简历 jiǎn lì curriculum vitae (CV); résumé
Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).