Initial:jVideo guide
Final(T3):iǎnVideo guide
Radical:
Structure:Above to below
Strokes:
13
Traditional:
簡
Level:
ReadWriteQuiz
Chinese dictionary
- 1
adj.(as opposed to "complex") simple; brief
从简
conform to the principle of simplicity
简便
simple and convenient
言简意赅
concise and comprehensive
antonym
- 2
v.simplify
简化
simplify
antonym
- 3
v.fmlselect; choose
简拔
select and promote
简任
select for appointment
- 4
n.bamboo slips (used for writing on in ancient times)
木简
inscribed wooden slip
简册
book
synonym
- 5
n.fmlletter
书简
letter
- 6
n.Jian, a surname
Words and phrases with 简
- 简言之[word]briefly
- 简谱[word]numbered musical notation
- 简单句[word]simple sentence
- 简易楼[word]economical building
- 简体[word]simplified forms or styles; simplified Chinese character
- 简则[word]general regulations
- 简化汉字[word]simplify the Chinese characters, i.e. reduce the number of strokes and eliminate complicated variants; simplified Chinese characters
- 简单化[word]oversimplify
- 简明[word]simple and clear
- 简单明了[idiom]concise and explicit
- 简练揣摩[idiom]select and examine thoroughly
- 简明扼要[idiom]be concise/short/brief and to the point
- 简而言之[idiom]to sum up