HSK 3 · Clear & Obvious

简单

jiǎn dān

simple

Stroke order of 简单

2 characters, 21 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

简 · 13 strokes单 · 8 strokes

Memory trick

"简" bamboo "⺮" slips and "单" single: just one bamboo note, simple.

Parts: 简: ⺮ bamboo + 间 between — simple; 单: single

Example sentence

这个问题很简单。

This question is very simple.

Words with 简

简直simply; virtually

Words with 单

名单list of names 菜单menu 单位work unit; unit 单元unit; apartment block entrance

More words: Clear & Obvious

明确clear; to clarify 明显obvious 显然obviously 显得to appear; to seem 看起来to look; it seems 看上去to look; it seems 表面surface 表明to show; to make clear 具体specific; concrete 复杂complicated 容易easy; likely 困难difficulty; difficult 难度degree of difficulty 麻烦trouble; troublesome; to bother

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