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Chinese symbol for “simplification”

简单化
jiǎn dān huà
Traditional: 簡單化
simplification; to simplify

The closest CC-CEDICT match for simplification is 简单化 (jiǎn dān huà), defined as: simplification; to simplify.

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Characters and stroke order

简 jiǎn
simple, succinct, terse; a letter
radical 118 ⽵ · 13 strokes
单 dān
single, individual, only; lone
radical 24 ⼗ · 8 strokes
化 huà
to change, to convert, to reform; -ize
radical 21 ⼔ · 4 strokes

Traditional forms

Related words

Other words that share a character with 简单化.

WordPinyinMeaning
简单 (簡單)jiǎn dānsimple; not complicated
简直 (簡直)jiǎn zhísimply; really
简称 (簡稱)jiǎn chēngto be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form
简介 (簡介)jiǎn jièsummary; brief introduction
简化 (簡化)jiǎn huàto simplify
简历 (簡歷)jiǎn lìcurriculum vitae (CV); résumé
单位 (單位)dān wèiunit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole)
名单 (名單)míng dānlist of names
文化wén huàculture; civilization

See also: Japanese symbol for “simplification”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.