IDENTITY
简jiǎnsimple; brief
HSK 4Top 500
CORE MEANING
simple; brief
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.simpleHSK4
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- ⺮bamboo radical (zhú)
- strokes
- 13
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱竹间
- bamboo slips
- gives the sound jiǎn
- part of the structure
USAGE
Common words
简单jiǎndānsimple
简直jiǎnzhísimply; really
Graded examples
这个问题很简单。Zhège wèntí hěn jiǎndān.HSK3
This question is very simple.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
LEARNING
Memory aid
Bamboo slips (⺮) with space between (间) the words — brief, simple. (From 簡.)
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #500
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-15
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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