# 簡 — Simplicity

Frequency rank 919 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 株 (Stock), less common than 就 (Get A Position).

- On’yomi: かん
- Kun’yomi: —
- Radical: 竹 Bamboo (Kangxi 118)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

Bamboo on top frames a gate with the sun inside below -- bamboo slats over a gate showing the sun through simple gaps represents simplicity.

In words:

- 簡単 かんたん — simple
- 簡素 かんそ — simplicity;plain
- 簡易 かんい — simplicity;easiness;quasi-

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