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Chinese Character/Word:

Definition(s) for: 简

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
简 jiǎn - simple
- uncomplicated
- letter
- to choose
- to select
- bamboo strips used for writing (old)

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 4,155 6,649 6,769

Character Breakdown:

Decomposition:

⿱ ⺮ 间

Radical:

⺮

Type:

Pictophonetic

Phonetic:

间

Semantic:

⺮

Hint:

Bamboo

Other Words Containing 简

Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.

Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
简单 3 3 637 817 495
简直 5 3 665 2,930 1,644
简 - - 4,155 6,649 6,769
简历 5 4 6,286 9,667 7,531
简短 - 7 7,984 12,511 9,213
简报 - - 8,054 28,961 43,113
简称 - 8 10,718 3,401 8,469
简洁 - 8 14,971 7,602 5,756
简易 - 8 15,696 11,300 15,225
简陋 6 8 17,559 13,767 20,700
简化 6 8 17,591 8,884 18,621
简要 6 8 18,172 16,641 43,943
简而言之 - - 18,689 - -
简介 - 6 20,583 8,770 8,316
精简 6 9 21,227 15,244 22,682
简单化 - - 22,172 29,354 32,868
简约 - - 22,977 8,764 4,406
简讯 - - 25,537 48,908 30,118
简朴 - - 27,427 29,088 26,056
简写 - - 31,415 70,389 48,497
简略 - - 32,202 42,911 54,734
简言之 - - 32,270 - -
简便 - - 33,015 10,906 25,163
简明扼要 - - 36,337 52,433 44,756
言简意赅 - - 36,395 38,609 27,794
简练 - - 46,218 34,511 35,249
简述 - - 49,094 - 79,813
简明 - - 50,023 28,513 33,937
简史 - - 62,895 47,472 33,548
书简 - - 69,497 76,047 75,514
因陋就简 - - 72,403 59,186 -
简章 - - 83,378 33,126 32,159
简编 - - 83,558 - -