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Kanji Detail for 簡 - "simple, brief, easy"

  • Meaning

    簡 means "simple, brief, easy."

    1. Simple - Uncomplicated or rough.

    2. Writing - To write characters on a bamboo slip.

    3. Letter - A letter or written document.

    4. Reduce - To reduce or make simpler.

    5. Select - To choose or pick out.

    6. Respectful - Courteous or restrained.

    7. Neglect - To neglect, be lazy, be arrogant, despise, or look down on.

    8. Great - Having a great ambition.

  • Onyomitip
  • Kunyomitip
  • Strokestip
  • Radicaltip

Sentences including

  • It's a cinch to learn to swim.

  • I thought it easy at first.

  • It is easy to tell him from his brother.

  • This book is easy to read.

  • It is easy for him to carry the stone.

  • The word processor is easy for us to use.

  • She did the job with ease.

  • She finished the job with ease.

  • English is not easy , but it is interesting.

  • That which is easily acquired is easily lost.

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