Zi:简
简(F簡) [jiǎn] simple/uncomplicated (简单 jiǎndān); 简直 simply/really; 简便 handy; 简体字 simple form character
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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) jiān ‘between’ (phonosemantic): strips of split bamboo bound together, with string/space between; cf. 册/冊(𠕋) cè ‘bundle/book’ (策).
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 jiǎn ‘note/card’); ‘short/simple’ (简单); the meanings 简 jiǎn ‘select/concise’ were formerly wr. 柬 jiǎn, cf. 拣/揀.
Note: Writings on single/bound bamboo strips were called 簡 jiǎn; multiple strips/bundles tied/bound together (with silk or leather) made a 策 cè ‘bundle/book’, properly wr. 册/冊(𠕋); strips tied with leather were called 韦编 wéibiān, and strips tied with silk were called 丝编 sībiān (cf. “The Chinese Book: Its Evolution and Development”, 吳光清).
Note: Formerly wr. 𥳑, with 閒, later wr. 簡, with 間 (in which 日, not 月); the modern meaning is mainly 简/簡 jiǎn ‘simple’, replacing the old meaning 简/簡(𥳑) jiǎn ‘bamboo strips/slips’ except in historical contexts.
►references: Karlgren:AD375; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:5.2975.12; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:280.0.04
►components: 竹间门日
►Cantonese: gaan/
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