简单簡單 in English

Measure word

• 个 gè (classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individual attested in use
• 件 jiàn item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc attested in use

Character breakdown

• 简簡 jiǎn simple
• 单單 chán king of the Xiongnu 匈奴[Xiong1 nu2]

Stroke order

How it used to be written

简

These are the forms of 簡, the traditional character: 简 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

• Bronze script 西周晚期
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 11 forms

单

These are the forms of 單, the traditional character: 单 is a twentieth-century simplification, found in no ancient corpus.

• Oracle bone script 商
• Clerical script 東漢
• See all 17 forms

Forms, sources and dates: the 字形演變 database of 小學堂, Academia Sinica, public domain (CC0).

Examples

• 5加10很简单。

  It is easy to add 5 to 10.

• Python脚本的语法很简单。

  The syntax of Python scripts is very simple.

• 世界语是一门简单的语言。

  Esperanto is an easy language.

• 世界语语法很简单。

  The grammar of Esperanto is very simple.

• 事故由一个简单的错误产生。

  The accident arose from a simple mistake.

• 他的故事就是简单。

  His story was pretty simple.

• 他简单地阐述了他的理由。

  He gave his reasons in brief.

• 学游泳非常简单。

  It's very easy to learn how to swim.

All example sentences with 简单