Chinese

簡單

/t͡ɕi̯ɛn²¹⁴⁻²¹ tän⁵⁵/

simple; uncomplicated; easy

TOCFL 3
简单

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Origin

Wasei kango (和(わ)製(せい)漢(かん)語(ご)), orthographically borrowed from Japanese 簡(かん)単(たん) (kantan) (Hsieh and Chen, 2024).

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Lineage

borrowedJapanese簡
characterChinese簡 “bamboo slip”
characterChinese單 “single; individual; solitary”

Sources

HSK / TOCFL word lists — Facts (levels)
教育部《國語辭典簡編本》 (Taiwan MOE) — CC BY-ND 3.0 TW
Written form — n/a
Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary: 簡單