Read Edit View history Discussion 简 jiǎn HSK3 simple Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Simplified form of 簡. Phonosemantic compound. ⺮ represents the meaning and 間 represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "bamboo strips for writing". The meaning later shifted to "letter", "concise", and "simple". Pinyin Separate values with commas jiǎn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 簡 × Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint ⺮ is a component form of 竹. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 简 Simp strokes 简 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 简 Simp strokes 简 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 简 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 290, 790 ], [ 314, 756 ], [ 287, 690 ], [ 236, 618 ], [ 183, 572 ] ], [ [ 322, 692 ], [ 371, 697 ], [ 466, 721 ], [ 496, 721 ] ], [ [ 328, 639 ], [ 383, 613 ], [ 415, 578 ] ], [ [ 592, 838 ], [ 617, 814 ], [ 620, 803 ], [ 597, 730 ], [ 565, 670 ], [ 498, 591 ] ], [ [ 618, 705 ], [ 631, 712 ], [ 714, 719 ], [ 787, 742 ], [ 834, 743 ] ], [ [ 637, 655 ], [ 708, 624 ], [ 730, 594 ] ], [ [ 319, 535 ], [ 368, 499 ], [ 385, 475 ] ], [ [ 228, 490 ], [ 246, 476 ], [ 266, 447 ], [ 260, 206 ], [ 240, 44 ], [ 240, 1 ] ], [ [ 492, 500 ], [ 523, 493 ], [ 555, 496 ], [ 643, 520 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249 L 429 275 Q 429 333 431 352 C 432 370 432 370 420 378 Z", "M 541 158 Q 565 127 581 98 Q 588 83 597 84 Q 610 85 623 111 Q 638 141 633 216 Q 624 342 641 363 Q 648 373 641 381 Q 628 397 586 416 Q 573 423 560 416 Q 530 403 420 378 C 391 371 402 346 431 352 Q 465 358 549 377 Q 565 380 575 374 Q 596 353 579 183 L 579 181 Q 575 168 561 173 C 532 170 532 170 541 158 Z", "M 429 249 Q 490 259 537 266 Q 556 270 549 281 Q 539 294 517 297 Q 484 300 429 275 C 402 263 399 244 429 249 Z", "M 423 143 Q 489 153 541 158 C 570 161 570 161 561 173 Q 551 188 529 191 Q 496 195 428 170 C 400 160 393 139 423 143 Z" ] } 13 strokes Historical Pronunciations No items. + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.