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簡(S简) [jiǎn] simple/uncomplicated (簡單 jiǎndān); 簡直 simply/really; 簡便 handy; 簡體字 simple form character; (HDZ:) …

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    HDZ: 簡 : jiǎn : (战国) (魏晋) 用于书写的狭长竹片; 书籍; 书信; 笏, 手板; (古) (兵器名) 鞭类; 简板, …乐器; 简单, 简略; 质朴, 平易; 怠惰, 放荡; 怠慢; 轻视; 检查, 察阅; 严, 严肃; 少; 狱讼的情实; 大, 多; 諫: 规劝; 柬: 选择; 摜: 习, 操练; 籣 (lán): 盛弩箭用的器具; (水名); (姓)
(Explanation from the entry for the simple form 简:) The Shuōwén Seal form of 简/簡(􀱵𥳑) jiǎn ‘bamboo strips/slips (writing medium)’ (簡牒: 简牍; 文书, 公文) combines 竹 (zhú) ‘bamboo’, and 间/間(􂃔閒) jiàn/jiān ‘gap/between’ (phonosemantic): strips of split bamboo bound together, with string/space between; cf. 册/冊(􀗬𠕋) cè ‘bundle/book’ (策).
    Note: Formerly wr. 𥳑(􀱵), with 閒(􂃔), and later wr. 簡, with 間 (in which 日, not 月); today mainly 简/簡 jiǎn ‘simple’ (see below), replacing the old meaning 简/簡(􀱵𥳑) jiǎn ‘bamboo strips/slips’ except in historical contexts.
    Note: 简 jiǎn ‘bamboo strips/slips (竹简); book/writing; (select/polished/concise/short/brief) passage/letter/note (fitting on a single bamboo strip; cf. 柬); short/simple (简单)’.
    Note: 简 jiǎn ‘select/concise’, formerly wr. 柬(􁃨) jiǎn, cf. 拣/揀; 柬 jiǎn ‘note/card’ (柬帖).
    Note: Writings on single/bound bamboo strips were called 簡 jiǎn; multiple strips/bundles tied/bound together (with silk/leather) made a 策 cè ‘bundle/book’, formerly wr. 册/冊(􀗬𠕋).
    Compare: 编/編(􂒽) biān ‘bind together bamboo slips; bound bamboo-strip book/text’; cf. 韦编 wéibiān ‘bamboo strips tied/bound together with leather thongs’, 丝编 sībiān ‘bamboo strips bound with silk cord’ (“The Chinese Book: Its Evolution and Development”, 吳光清).
    Compare: 签/簽 qiān ‘write/sign on bamboo slips’, formerly wr. 佥/僉(􀸲), and also 籤(􀳙).
    Compare: 㶕/𤄒(􁼶) jiǎn ‘rinse/wash (rice/etc.)’ (in a plaited bamboo strainer).

►components: 竹間門日
 ►Cantonese: gaan/
►references: Karlgren:GSR191d; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.3017.15; Mathews:837; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:899.14
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-<WL>簡(S简) [jiǎn] 簡單 jiǎndān simple; 簡體字 simple form character
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+	HDZ: 簡 : jiǎn : (战国) (魏晋) 用于书写的狭长竹片; 书籍; 书信; 笏, 手板; (古) (兵器名) 鞭类; 简板, …乐器; 简单, 简略; 质朴, 平易; 怠惰, 放荡; 怠慢; 轻视; 检查, 察阅; 严, 严肃; 少; 狱讼的情实; 大, 多; 諫: 规劝; 柬: 选择; 摜: 习, 操练; 籣 (lán): 盛弩箭用的器具; (水名); (姓)
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