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簡

jiǎn

simple, terse, succinct; letter

Strokes
18
Radical
竹
HSK
—
Tone
3

Simplified form: 简

Stroke order

Our word list and example sentences are in simplified characters. Everything below is for 简, the simplified form of 簡. We do not have a traditional-script corpus to draw the words from, so they are shown as they are written in simplified Chinese.

Example sentences

  • 这是简体字。

    Zhè shì jiǎn tǐ zì

    This is simplified Chinese.

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  • 这很简单。

    Zhè hěn jiǎn dān

    It is very simple.

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  • 问我简单些的。

    Wèn wǒ jiǎn dān xiē de

    Ask me something easier.

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  • 这真的很简单。

    Zhè zhēn de hěn jiǎn dān

    This is real easy.

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Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR), contributed by their community.

Words containing 简

  • 简单jiǎn dān 3–1 simple; not complicated
  • 简直jiǎn zhí 3–2 simply; really
  • 简历jiǎn lì 3–4 curriculum vitae (CV); résumé; biographical notes
  • 简化jiǎn huà 3–4 to simplify
  • 简介jiǎn jiè 3–4 summary; brief introduction
  • 简陋jiǎn lòu 3–4 simple and crude
  • 简要jiǎn yào 3–4 concise; brief
  • 精简jīng jiǎn 1–3 to simplify; to reduce
  • 简体字jiǎn tǐ zì 3–3–4 → 2–3–4simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字
  • 简称jiǎn chēng 3–1 to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form
  • 简短jiǎn duǎn 3–3 → 2–3brief (statement, summary etc); briefly; brevity
  • 简洁jiǎn jié 3–2 concise; succinct; pithy