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简 — simple; uncomplicated; letter

simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select

Pinyin
jiǎn
Strokes
13
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 简: 13 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

简 — 13 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 简 in the HSK syllabus: 14

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 简单jiǎndānsimple; not complicatedHSK 3
  2. 简历jiǎnlìcurriculum vitae; résumé; biographical notesHSK 5
  3. 简直jiǎnzhísimply; reallyHSK 5
  4. 简化jiǎnhuàto simplifyHSK 6
  5. 简介jiǎnjièsummary; brief introductionHSK 6
  6. 简称jiǎnchēngto be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short formHSK 7–9
  7. 简短jiǎnduǎnbrief; briefly; brevityHSK 7–9
  8. 简洁jiǎnjiéconcise; succinct; pithyHSK 7–9
  9. 简练jiǎnliànterse; succinctHSK 7–9
  10. 简陋jiǎnlòusimple and crudeHSK 7–9
  11. 简体字jiǎntǐzìsimplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3 zi4]HSK 7–9
  12. 简要jiǎnyàoconcise; briefHSK 7–9
  13. 简易jiǎnyìsimple and easy; simplistic; simplicityHSK 7–9
  14. 精简jīngjiǎnto simplify; to reduceHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.