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簡

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 919 / 2,608

Simplicity

On’yomi
かん
Kun’yomi
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Radical
竹 Bamboo (Kangxi 118)

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

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

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 simpleN4
簡素 かんそ simplicity;plainN1
簡易 かんい simplicity;easiness;quasi-N1

簡 is rank 919 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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