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Original meaning: bamboo strips for writing
Simplified form of 簡. Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 間 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "bamboo strips for writing". The meaning later shifted to "letter", "concise", and "simple".
Components
zhú bamboo
⺮ is a component form of 竹.