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Chinese symbol for “concise”

简洁
jiǎn jié
Traditional: 簡潔
concise; succinct; pithy

The closest CC-CEDICT match for concise is 简洁 (jiǎn jié), defined as: concise; succinct; pithy.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

简 jiǎn
simple, succinct, terse; a letter
radical 118 ⽵ · 13 strokes
洁 jié
clean, pure; to purify, to cleanse
radical 85 ⽔ · 9 strokes

Traditional forms

Other Chinese words for “concise”

WordPinyinMeaning
简要 (簡要)jiǎn yàoconcise; brief
约 (約)yuēto make an appointment; to invite
凝练 (凝練)níng liànconcise; compact
详略 (詳略)xiáng lüèconcise; the details in brief
简明 (簡明)jiǎn míngsimple and clear; concise

Related words

Other words that share a character with 简洁.

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
清洁 (清潔)qīng jiéclean; to clean
纯洁 (純潔)chún jiépure; clean and honest

See also: Japanese symbol for “concise”.

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.

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