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Mythic Mandarin

简单 (jiǎn dān): meaning and stroke order

简单 (jiǎn dān) means simple; not complicated.

简单

Simplified
简单
Traditional
簡單
Pinyin
jiǎn dān

Stroke order of 简单

简

  • jiǎn simple; uncomplicated
  • 13 strokes
  • Traditional form: 簡

Stroke by stroke

单

  • Shàn surname Shan
  • chán used in 單于|单于[chan2 yu2]
  • dān bill; list
  • 8 strokes
  • Traditional form: 單

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 简单

  1. jiǎn dān Traditional 簡單
    • simple; not complicated

Radicals of the characters

简
Radical 竹 (Kangxi radical 118) · 13 strokes · 𥫗 on top, 间 below
单
Radical 十 (Kangxi radical 24) · 8 strokes

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.

简单 in our stories

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  • 他很快就做好了，海报简单又清楚。

    tā hěn kuài jiù zuò hǎo le hǎibào jiǎndān yòu qīngchu

    He finishes quickly; the poster is simple and clear.

    From the story Drawing legs on a snake HSK 3

  • 他拿起一支笔，在白板上画了三个圈，用最简单的话讲了自己的想法。

    tā ná qǐ yì zhī bǐ zài báibǎn shàng huà le sān gè quān yòng zuì jiǎndān de huà jiǎng le zìjǐ de xiǎngfǎ

    He picked up a pen, drew three circles on the whiteboard and explained his idea in the simplest words he could.

    From the story Three circles HSK 4

  • 与其花半年写软件，不如先做个简单的试验。

    yǔqí huā bàn nián xiě ruǎnjiàn bùrú xiān zuò gè jiǎndān de shìyàn

    Rather than spend six months writing software, they decided, better to run a simple test first.

    From the story Fifty sheets of paper HSK 5

Stories using 简单

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).