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jiǎn

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jiǎn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
jiǎn | jian3
English translation
simple
uncomplicated
letter
to choose
to select
bamboo strips used for writing (old)
simple, succinct, terse; a letter

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About jiǎn

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Number of strokes

13

Traditional form

jiǎn

Contains the radical

zhú

Part of speech

Adjective / 形容词 xíng róng cí Xíngróng cí

Learning hint

bamboo

Etymology of jiǎn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

⺮间

Semantic compound

zhú

Phonetic compound

jiān

Explanation

Simplified form of jiǎn . Phonosemantic compound. zhú represents the meaning and jiān represents the sound. The character is based on the original meaning "bamboo strips for writing", which is unrelated to the modern meaning.

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Example sentences using jiǎn

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zhè 简直 jiǎnzhí 一点 yī diǎn tián ,元气 yuán qì Huán dōu 保存 bǎocún zhāo . ”

This is hardly sweet at all and all the strength is still in it. "

zhè dào kān 起来 qǐlai hěn 简单 jiǎndān , dàn dāng yāo Xiè shí jiù huì 发现 fāxiàn 确实 quèshí shì dào 难题 nán tí ...

The problem looks simple enough, but when you come to try and solve it you'll find it's a real teaser.

如果 rúguǒ xiǎng 得到 dé dào zhè fèn 工作 gōngzuò , jiù 寄份简历 jiǎnlì gěi 他们 tā men .

Send them your vitae if you want to go for this job.

de 故事 gùshì zhēn dòu ,简直 jiǎnzhí xiào le 肚皮 dù pí .

His story broke me up. I couldn't stop laughing.

liàng Xīn de 白色 bái sè 折篷汽车 qì chē 简直 jiǎnzhí bàng 极了 jí le .

That new white convertible is totally awesome.

Words with jiǎn

Explore 25 words and sayings that include the Chinese character jiǎn in their composition.

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
简单 jiǎndān simple簡單
简直 jiǎnzhí simply簡直
简称 jiǎn chēng abbreviation簡稱
jiǎn simple jiǎn
简历 jiǎnlì résumé簡歷
简洁 jiǎn jié concise簡潔
简短 jiǎn duǎn briefly簡短
简化 jiǎnhuà to simplify簡化
简介 jiǎn jiè summary簡介
简约 jiǎn yuē sketchy簡約
简易 jiǎn yì simplistic簡易
简便 jiǎn biàn handy簡便
简报 jiǎn bào presentation簡報
简陋 jiǎnlòu simple and crude簡陋
精简 jīngjiǎn to simplify精簡
简要 jiǎnyào concise簡要
不简单 bù jiǎn dān not simple不簡單
简单化 jiǎn dān huà simplification簡單化
简朴 jiǎn pǔ plain簡樸
简明 jiǎn míng concise簡明
简练 jiǎn liàn terse簡練
简而言之 jiǎn ér yán zhī in a nutshell簡而言之
简体 jiǎn tǐ simplified form of Chinese characters, as opposed to traditional form 繁體|繁体 fán tǐ [fán​tǐ]簡體
简讯 jiǎn xùn newsletter簡訊
简章 jiǎn zhāng brochure簡章

jiǎn Decomposition & Compounds

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jiǎn Decomposition

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