简
simple; uncomplicated; letter; to choose; to select; bamboo strips used for writing (old)
13 strokes
Dict coverage rank #929 U+7B80
How 简 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
⺮ (semantic, “bamboo”) + 间 (phonetic, jiān)
How to remember it
simple · Heisig RSH #1265
竹 bamboo + 间 interval
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 间
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 间 (jiān) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 间 sound component | jiān | between, among; midpoint; space, place, locality |
| 锏 | jiǎn | rapier; mace |
| 裥 | jiǎn | pleats, folds |
Words containing 简
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 白行简 | Bái Xíng jiǎn | Bai Xingjian (c. 776-826), younger brother of Bai Juyi 白居易[Bai2 Ju1 yi4], Tang novelist an… |
| 简单地说 | jiǎn dān de shuō | to put it simply; simply put |
| 简而言之 | jiǎn ér yán zhī | in a nutshell; to put it briefly |
| 简阳市 | Jiǎn yáng Shì | Jianyang, a county-level city in Chengdu City 成都市[Cheng2 du1 Shi4], Sichuan |
| 简化字 | jiǎn huà zì | simplified Chinese character |
| 不简单 | bù jiǎn dān | not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous |
| 简体字 | jiǎn tǐ zì | simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁體字|繁体字[fan2 ti3… |
| 简言之 | jiǎn yán zhī | in simple terms; to put things simply; briefly |
| 简单化 | jiǎn dān huà | simplification; to simplify |
| 第二次汉字简化方案 | Dì èr Cì Hàn zì Jiǎn huà Fāng àn | Second Chinese Character Simplification Scheme (second round of simplified Chinese charact… |
| 简单明了 | jiǎn dān míng liǎo | clear and simple; in simple terms |
| 极简主义 | jí jiǎn zhǔ yì | minimalism |
| 时间简史 | Shí jiān Jiǎn shǐ | "A Brief History of Time" by Stephen Hawking |
| 简中 | jiǎn zhōng | Simplified Chinese (abbr. for 簡體中文|简体中文[jian3 ti3 Zhong1 wen2]) |
| 精简开支 | jīng jiǎn kāi zhī | to reduce spending; to cut spending |
| 简化 | jiǎn huà | to simplify |
| 简体 | jiǎn tǐ | simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体[fan2 ti3] |
| 头脑简单四肢发达 | tóu nǎo jiǎn dān sì zhī fā dá | all brawn no brains |
| 简单网络管理协议 | jiǎn dān wǎng luò guǎn lǐ xié yì | Simple Network Management Protocol; SNMP |
| 简明 | jiǎn míng | simple and clear; concise |