Memory phrase for the character: 简

简

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Meaning simple, uncomplicated, letter (=formerly bamboo strips)

Pronunciation

jiǎn

Explanation

Top: bamboo 竹, below: gap/space 间/間 (The sun 日 shines though the gate 门/門 due to a gap.)

Mnemonic
 
(With a fence, it is time-consuming to cut the elements to fit precisely and without gaps). If you build bamboo on a gap (= with spaces in between), you make it very simple.

Radicals

竹 bamboo
间 between, among
门 gateSimplified from 門, which shows a gate with two wings.
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 Vocabulary

简直 jiǎn zhí  simply; at all; practically
简便 jiǎn biàn  simple and convenient; handy
简单 jiǎn dān  simple; not complicated
简称 jiǎn chēng  abbreviation; short form
简化 jiǎn huà  simplify
简明 jiǎn míng  simple and clear; concise
简陋 jiǎn lòu  simple and crude (of a room or building)
因陋就简 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn  crude but simple methods (idiom); use whatever methods you can; to do things simply and thriftily; It's not pretty but it works.
因陋就简 yīn lòu jiù jiǎn  

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