Read Edit View history Discussion 簡 jiǎn simple Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 简 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 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 簡 Simp strokes 簡 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 簡 Simp strokes 簡 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 簡 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 299, 796 ], [ 323, 762 ], [ 296, 703 ], [ 248, 636 ], [ 187, 582 ] ], [ [ 320, 687 ], [ 407, 699 ], [ 475, 719 ], [ 508, 716 ] ], [ [ 357, 637 ], [ 401, 614 ], [ 422, 596 ] ], [ [ 583, 829 ], [ 609, 797 ], [ 594, 752 ], [ 548, 668 ], [ 489, 607 ] ], [ [ 611, 715 ], [ 622, 722 ], [ 666, 721 ], [ 778, 748 ], [ 820, 748 ] ], [ [ 613, 671 ], [ 673, 644 ], [ 696, 620 ] ], [ [ 203, 531 ], [ 237, 494 ], [ 243, 456 ], [ 238, 244 ], [ 230, 149 ], [ 212, 39 ], [ 212, -4 ] ], [ [ 264, 513 ], [ 284, 506 ], [ 340, 525 ], [ 394, 534 ], [ 422, 507 ], [ 400, 357 ], [ 394, 340 ], 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