Chinese symbol for “sketchy”
简约
jiǎn yuē
Traditional: 簡約
sketchy; concise; abbreviated
The closest CC-CEDICT match for sketchy is 简约 (jiǎn yuē), defined as: sketchy; concise; abbreviated.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “sketchy”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 略 | lüè | brief; sketchy; outline; summary |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 简约.
| 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 |
| 大约 (大約) | dà yuē | approximately; probably |
| 条约 (條約) | tiáo yuē | treaty; pact |
See also: Japanese symbol for “sketchy”.
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.