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jiǎn

simple, succinct, terse; a letter

🔤 Pictophonetic: ⺮ (bamboo) provides meaning, 间 provides pronunciation
HSK 3 13 strokes Very Common (7%)
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⺮
zhú
bamboo; flute
间
jiān
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
⿱⺮间 i

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Component Tree i

zhú
⺮
bamboo; flute
📷 Pictographic: Two stalks of bamboo; see 竹
6 strokes
jiān
间
between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality
💡 Ideographic: The sun 日 shining through a doorway 门
7 strokes HSK 2

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