簡 Simplicity

Radical Combination

• 竹

  Bamboo
• 間

  Interval

Meaning

Primary

Simplicity

Mnemonic

Keeping at a bamboo interval is the definition of simplicity.

Hints

Just one bamboo wide, over and over. That is simplicity.

Readings

On’yomi

かん

Kun’yomi

None

Nanori

None

Mnemonic

Simplicity is what Genghis Khan (かん) always demanded. Everything he decided was based on simplicity.

Hints

Simplicity is how he took over so much of the world. If he didn't stick to simplicity, there's no way he'd have been able to do what he did.