簡
See also: 简
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Translingual
Han character
簡 (Kangxi radical 118, 竹+12, 18 strokes, cangjie input 竹日弓日 (HANA), four-corner 88227, composition ⿱𥫗間)
Related characters
- 𥳑 (Kangxi dictionary form)
Derived characters
- 𨰝
References
- KangXi: 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
Chinese
| trad. | 簡 | |
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| simp. | 简 | |
| 2nd round simp. | 𫈉 | |
| alternative forms | 𥳑 柬 | |
Glyph origin
Characters in the same phonetic series (閒) (Zhengzhang, 2003)
| Old Chinese | |
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| 間 | *kreːn, *kreːns |
| 簡 | *kreːnʔ |
| 澗 | *kreːns, *kraːns |
| 鐧 | *kreːns, *kraːns |
| 蕑 | *kreːn |
| 覵 | *kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ |
| 襉 | *kreːnʔ, *kreːns |
| 僩 | *kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 鬜 | *kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd |
| 癇 | *ɡreːn |
| 瞯 | *ɡreːn |
| 憪 | *ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ |
| 橌 | *ɡraːnʔ |
| 撊 | *ɡraːnʔ |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *kreːnʔ) : semantic 竹 + phonetic 間／间 (OC *ɡreːn)
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Proto-Sinitic *zʲam.
Definitions
簡
- bamboo slip
- letter; epistle
- simple; uncomplicated
- terse; succinct; pithy; concise; brief; to the point
- to simplify
- to treat coldly; to give the cold-shoulder; to neglect
- to select; to choose; to pick
- a surname: Jian
Synonyms
- (letter):
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Antonyms
- (simple): 繁 (fán)
Compounds
Derived terms from 簡
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from English Jane.
Definitions
簡
- A transliteration of the English female given name Jane
Japanese
Kanji
簡
(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)
- simple
- terse, brief, succinct
Readings
- Go-on: けん (ken)
- Kan-on: かん (kan, Jōyō)
- Kun: ふだ (fuda, 簡); えらぶ (erabu, 簡ぶ)
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term |
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| 簡 |
| かん Grade: 6 |
| kan’on |
From Middle Chinese 簡 (MC kˠɛnX).
Pronunciation
- On’yomi: Kan’on
- (Tokyo) かん [káꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
- IPA(key): [kã̠ɴ]
Adjective
簡 • (kan) -na (adnominal 簡な (kan na), adverbial 簡に (kan ni))
- brief; simple
Inflection
Inflection of 簡
| Stem forms | |||
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| Imperfective (未然形) | 簡だろ | かんだろ | kan daro |
| Continuative (連用形) | 簡で | かんで | kan de |
| Terminal (終止形) | 簡だ | かんだ | kan da |
| Attributive (連体形) | 簡な | かんな | kan na |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 簡なら | かんなら | kan nara |
| Imperative (命令形) | 簡であれ | かんであれ | kan de are |
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| Informal negative | 簡ではない 簡じゃない | かんではない かんじゃない | kan de wa nai kan ja nai |
| Informal past | 簡だった | かんだった | kan datta |
| Informal negative past | 簡ではなかった 簡じゃなかった | かんではなかった かんじゃなかった | kan de wa nakatta kan ja nakatta |
| Formal | 簡です | かんです | kan desu |
| Formal negative | 簡ではありません 簡じゃありません | かんではありません かんじゃありません | kan de wa arimasen kan ja arimasen |
| Formal past | 簡でした | かんでした | kan deshita |
| Formal negative past | 簡ではありませんでした 簡じゃありませんでした | かんではありませんでした かんじゃありませんでした | kan de wa arimasen deshita kan ja arimasen deshita |
| Conjunctive | 簡で | かんで | kan de |
| Conditional | 簡なら（ば） | かんなら（ば） | kan nara (ba) |
| Provisional | 簡だったら | かんだったら | kan dattara |
| Volitional | 簡だろう | かんだろう | kan darō |
| Adverbial | 簡に | かんに | kan ni |
| Degree | 簡さ | かんさ | kansa |
Noun
簡 • (kan)
- brevity; simplicity
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term |
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| 簡 |
| ふだ Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 簡 – see ふだ. (This term, 簡, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.) |
(The following entry is uncreated: ふだ.)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 簡 (MC kˠɛnX). Recorded as Middle Korean 간〯 (kǎn) (Yale: kǎn) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Pronunciation
- (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.
Hanja
Wikisource簡 (eumhun 대쪽 간 (daejjok gan))
- Hanja form? of 간 (“simple; uncomplicated”).
- Hanja form? of 간 (“concise; brief”).
- Hanja form? of 간 (“letter; epistle”).
- Hanja form? of 간 (“to select; to choose; to pick”).
Compounds
Compounds
- 간단 (簡單, gandan)
- 간결 (簡潔, gan'gyeol)
- 간이 (簡易, gani)
- 간독 (簡牘, gandok)
- 간략 (簡略, gallyak)
- 서간 (書簡, seogan)
- 간편 (簡便, ganpyeon)
- 간찰 (簡札, ganchal)
- 간택 (簡擇, gantaek)
- 간소 (簡素, ganso)
- 간서 (簡書, ganseo)
- 간약 (簡約, ganyak)
- 간고 (簡古, gan'go)
- 간지 (簡紙, ganji)
- 간법 (簡法, ganbeop)
- 간만 (簡慢, ganman)
- 간요 (簡要, ganyo)
- 간출 (簡出, ganchul)
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
簡: Hán Nôm readings: giản, dẳng, dớn, giỡn, nhởn, dần, dẵng, giảm, giằn
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