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Simplicity Bamboo Intervals 簡 カン、ケン えら.ぶ、ふだ Brevity 簡単(かんたん

Kanji
Onyomi カン、ケン
Kunyomi えら.ぶ、ふだ
English simplicity, brevity
Examples 簡単(かんたん): simple; easy; brief; uncomplicated
簡易(かんい): simplicity; convenience; easiness; quasi-
簡素(かんそ): simplicity; plain
簡潔(かんけつ): brevity; conciseness; simplicity
JLPT Level 2
Jouyou Grade 6
Frequency 983
Components 竹: bamboo
間: interval; space
Number of Strokes 18
Kanji Radical
Radical Number 118
Radical Strokes 6
Radical Reading たけ・たけかんむり
Traditional Form (none)
Classification 形声 Phonetic
Keyword simplicity
Koohii Story 1 [simplicity; brevity] The ししおどし is a bamboo device for scaring birds from the gates of your garden by clacking against a stone at regular intervals. Its design is simplicity itself. (Inspired by PepeSeco).
Koohii Story 2 The simplicity of bamboo plant is in all its joints being at equal intervals.

Tags: jlpt.n2, grade6, kanjifreq751-1000

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