简
jiǎnTraditional: 简
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Translation
simple, brief
Stroke order
简
Examples
。
This problem isn't simple.
。
He's downright a genius.
。
He likes a simple life.
。
This method is very simple.
短。
His reply was very brief.
简 (jiǎn) means simple or brief. It anchors 简单 (simple), 简体 (simplified, as in simplified Chinese), and the intensifying adverb 简直 (simply, downright).
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Multi-character compounds in the corpus that contain 简.
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