簡

簡 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹日弓日 (HANA), four-corner 8822₇, composition ⿱𥫗間)

• 𥳑 (Kangxi dictionary form)

• 㶕(𰝗) 𡅉 𪦴 𣠰 𤓃 𫌙 𨰝

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 901, character 28
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 26520
• Dae Jaweon: page 1325, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3017, character 15
• Unihan data for U+7C21

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːnʔ): semantic 竹 + phonetic 間 (OC *ɡreːn)

Note similarities to Burmese ကျည် (kyany, “bamboo tube; cartridge”).

簡

1. bamboo slip
2. letter; epistle
3. simple; uncomplicated
4. terse; succinct; pithy; concise; brief; to the point
5. to simplify
6. to treat coldly; to give the cold-shoulder; to neglect
7. to select; to choose; to pick
8. a surname, Jian

• (letter):

• (simple):

• (terse):

• (to simplify):

• (to treat coldly):

• (to select):

• (antonym(s) of “simple”): 繁 (fán)

Borrowed from English Jane.

簡

1. a transliteration of the English female given name Jane

• “簡”, in 重編國語辭典修訂本 [Revised Mandarin Chinese Dictionary] (in Chinese), National Academy for Educational Research (Taiwan), 2021.
• Proper Names And Translation Service, Xinhua News Agency, editor (1993), “Jane 簡 [英]”, in 世界人名翻译大辞典 [Names of The Worlds Peoples: A comprehensive dictionary of names in Roman-Chinese] (in Chinese), Beijing: China Translation & Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 1374.
• 李如龙 [Li, Ru-long]; 刘福铸 [Liu, Fu-zhu]; 吴华英 [Wu, Hua-ying]; 黄国城 [Huang, Guo-cheng] (2019), “简”, in 莆仙方言调查报告 [Investigation Report on Puxian Dialect] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), Xiamen University Press, →ISBN, page 210.

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 𥳑)

1. a wooden or bamboo slip for writing; letter (ふだ)^[1]
2. simple; uncomplicated; terse; brief; succinct
3. frugal
4. to choose (えらぶ)

• Go-on: けん (ken)
• Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
• Kun: ふだ (fuda, 簡)、えらぶ (erabu, 簡ぶ)

From Middle Chinese 簡 (MC keanX).

• (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])^[2]
• IPA^(key): [kã̠ɴ]

簡(かん) • (kan) -na (adnominal 簡(かん)な (kan na), adverbial 簡(かん)に (kan ni))

1. brief; simple

簡(かん) • (kan) 

1. brevity; simplicity

• “^△簡”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎^[2] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026

From Middle Chinese 簡 (MC keanX). Recorded as Middle Korean 간〯 (kǎn) (Yale: kǎn) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.

• (simple; concise; etc.):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [간]
• (in 간이 (簡易, gani)):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [간(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.
• (letter; to select; etc.):
  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [ka̠(ː)n]
  • Phonetic hangul: [간(ː)]
    • Though still prescribed in Standard Korean, most speakers in both Koreas no longer distinguish vowel length.

簡 (eumhun 대쪽 간 (daejjok gan))

1. hanja form^? of 간 (“simple; uncomplicated”)
2. hanja form^? of 간 (“concise; brief”)
3. hanja form^? of 간 (“letter; epistle”)
4. hanja form^? of 간 (“to select; to choose; to pick”)

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [3]

簡: Hán Nôm readings: giản, dẳng, dớn, giỡn, nhởn, dần, dẵng, giảm, giằn

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