- 簡
- jiǎnsimple; simplified; brief, bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times), letter, select; choose, Jan* * *jiǎnadj. simple, simplified, common, brief, biographicaljiǎnn. letter* * *jian3simple, uncomplicated, letter, to choose, to select, bamboo strips used for writing (old)* * *簡|简 [jiǎn] ► simple ► uncomplicated ► letter ► to choose ► to select ► bamboo strips used for writing (old)
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.