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Where does “簡単” come from?

簡単 (Japanese) comes from Middle Chinese かんたん.

簡単 (Japanese): ease; simplicity; lightness, brevity

Definitions

  1. ease; simplicity; lightness, brevity

Ancestry of “簡単”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Chineseかんたん—

Words derived from “簡単”

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