简 — Chinese character
简
jiǎn
simple, succinct, terse; a letter
- Pinyin
- jiǎn
- Radical
- 118 ⽵ (Bamboo)
- Strokes
- 13
- Components
- 间
- Formation
- pictophonetic — bamboo; meaning component ⺮; sound component 间
- Traditional
- 簡
Common words with 简
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 简直 (簡直) | jiǎn zhí | simply; really |
| 简称 (簡稱) | jiǎn chēng | to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form |
| 简介 (簡介) | jiǎn jiè | summary; brief introduction |
| 简化 (簡化) | jiǎn huà | to simplify |
| 简历 (簡歷) | jiǎn lì | curriculum vitae (CV); résumé |
| 简易 (簡易) | jiǎn yì | simple and easy; simplistic |
| 简洁 (簡潔) | jiǎn jié | concise; succinct |
| 简讯 (簡訊) | jiǎn xùn | newsletter; the news in brief |
| 简短 (簡短) | jiǎn duǎn | brief (statement, summary etc); briefly |
| 简便 (簡便) | jiǎn biàn | simple and convenient; handy |
| 简陋 (簡陋) | jiǎn lòu | simple and crude |
English words written with 简
- simple
- simply
- summary
- presentation
- simplicity
- newsletter
- concise
- simplify
- brochure
- simplistic
- sketchy
- abbreviated
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.