简体字
jiǎn tǐ zì · HSK 7
simplified Chinese character
✂️ 简 simple + 体 body/form + 字 character = simplified-form characters (opposite of 繁体字)
字 — roof 宀 + child 子
Originally depicted a child 子 under a roof 宀, suggesting birth or rearing a child in the home. The meaning later extended to 'to give birth, nurture' and then to 'written character', since characters were seen as offspring derived from earlier pictographs.