簡単

See also: 簡單 and 简单

Japanese

Kanji in this term
かん
Grade: 6
たん
Grade: 4
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
簡單 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 簡單 (MC keanX tan). Compare modern Hokkien 簡單简单 (kán-tan) and Cantonese 簡單简单 (gaan2 daan1).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(かん)(たん) • (kantan) -na (adnominal (かん)(たん) (kantan na), adverbial (かん)(たん) (kantan ni))

  1. easy
  2. simple, uncomplicated
  3. brief, light, short

Inflection

Antonyms

Noun

(かん)(たん) • (kantan) 

  1. ease
  2. simplicity
  3. lightness, brevity

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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