Chinese symbol for “brevity”
简短
jiǎn duǎn
Traditional: 簡短
brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity
The closest CC-CEDICT match for brevity is 简短 (jiǎn duǎn), defined as: brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Related words
Other words that share a character with 简短.
| 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 |
| 短期 | duǎn qī | short-term |
| 短片 | duǎn piàn | short film; video clip |
See also: Japanese symbol for “brevity”.
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.