简单

Character by character

• 简jiǎn13 strokesHSK 3 traditional 簡simple, terse, succinct, a letter
• 单dān8 strokesHSK 2 traditional 單single, individual, only; lone

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Example sentences

• 这很简单。

  Zhè hěn jiǎn dān

  It is very simple.

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• 这真的很简单。

  Zhè zhēn de hěn jiǎn dān

  This is real easy.

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• 问我简单些的。

  Wèn wǒ jiǎn dān xiē de

  Ask me something easier.

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Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 简单. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 单dānHSK 4

  bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number

• 简直jiǎn zhíHSK 3

  simply; really

• 名单míng dānHSK 2

  list of names

• 单位dān wèiHSK 2

  unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform)

• 单身dān shēnHSK 7

  unmarried; single

• 单独dān dúHSK 4

  alone; by oneself; on one's own

• 孤单gū dānHSK 7

  lone; lonely; loneliness

• 单纯dān chúnHSK 4

  simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely

• 简称jiǎn chēngHSK 7

  to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form

• 菜单cài dānHSK 2

  menu

• 清单qīng dānHSK 7

  list of items

• 订单dìng dānHSK 7

  (purchase) order

• 单元dān yuánHSK 3

  unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

• 简历jiǎn lìHSK 4

  curriculum vitae (CV); résumé; biographical notes

• 简短jiǎn duǎnHSK 7

  brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity

• 单一dān yīHSK 5

  single; only; sole

• 床单chuáng dān

  bed sheet

• 简洁jiǎn jiéHSK 7

  concise; succinct; pithy

• 账单zhàng dānHSK 7

  bill

• 单调dān diàoHSK 4

  monotonous

• 简化jiǎn huàHSK 7

  to simplify

• 简易jiǎn yìHSK 7

  simple and easy; simplistic; simplicity

• 传单chuán dān

  leaflet; flier; pamphlet

• 简介jiǎn jièHSK 6

  summary; brief introduction