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See also:
U+7C21, 簡
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-7C21

[U+7C20]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+7C22]

Translingual

Han character

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

  • 𥳑 (Kangxi dictionary form)

Derived characters

References

  • 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

Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 簡, Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) ...
Historical forms of the character
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script
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Old Chinese
*kreːn, *kreːns
*kreːnʔ
*kreːns, *kraːns
*kreːns, *kraːns
*kreːn
*kreːn, *kreːns, *pkrenʔ
*kreːnʔ, *kreːns
*kreːnʔ, *ɡraːnʔ
*kʰreːn, *kʰraːn, *kʰreːd
*ɡreːn
*ɡreːn
*ɡreːn, *ɡraːnʔ
*ɡraːnʔ
*ɡraːnʔ
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *kreːnʔ): semantic + phonetic (OC *ɡreːn)

Pronunciation

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Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1
Initial () (28)
Final () (73)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division () II
Fanqie
Baxter keanX
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/kˠɛnX/
Pan
Wuyun
/kᵚænX/
Shao
Rongfen
/kænX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/kəɨnX/
Li
Rong
/kɛnX/
Wang
Li
/kænX/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/kănX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
jiǎn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
gaan2
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BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
jiǎn jiǎn
Middle
Chinese
‹ kɛnX › ‹ kɛnX ›
Old
Chinese
/*kˁre[n]ʔ/ /*kˁre[n]ʔ/
English bamboo slip for writing select, large-minded, etc.

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character
Reading # 1/1
No. 6227
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*kreːnʔ/
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Etymology 1

Definitions

  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
Synonyms
  • (letter):
  • (simple):
  • (terse):
  • (to simplify):
  • (to treat coldly):
  • (to select):
Antonyms
  • (antonym(s) of simple): (fán)
Compounds

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English Jane.

Definitions

  1. A transliteration of the English female given name Jane

References

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Korean

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