English

1. simple, terse, succinct
2. simple
3. a surname, usually transliterated as "Kan"
4. not complicated; easy to understand
5. mahjong jargon; a meld: the combination of 3 tiles into a set, can be a Chow (3 sequential tiles of the same suit) or a Pong (3 same tiles of the same suit). In Guangdong mahjong, once you gathered 4 melds and a pair of eyes, you can claim a winning / going mahjong.
6. letter
7. uncomplicated
8. bamboo slips used for writing in the past (in contrast to the wooden ones 牘)
9. letter
10. to choose
11. to select
12. bamboo strips used for writing (old)

粵語

1. 姓
2. 唔繁複；可以輕易掌握、理解
3. 麻雀術語；三隻牌合成一組，可以以上（三隻同色順序牌）或碰（三隻同色同字牌）嘅形式組合。喺廣東牌儲夠四簡再加一對眼就食糊。
4. 古時用嚟寫字嘅竹片或者木片

As a component in

• 㶕gaan2
• 𨰝gaan2
• 𡅉
• 𣠰
• 𤓃
• 𪦴
• 𫌙

Variants

• 简simplified
• 耕semantic variant

Words containing 簡

• 簡直gaan2 zik6

  simply; really

• 簡稱gaan2 cing1

  to be abbreviated to

• 從簡cung4 gaan2

  to adopt a simplified approach; to keep things simple

• 簡單gaan2 daan1

  simple; not complicated

• 郵簡jau4 gaan2

  letter sheet (similar to an aerogram but not necessarily sent by airmail)

• 簡介gaan2 gaai3

  summary

• 簡化gaan2 faa3

  to simplify

• 簡易gaan2 ji6

  simple and easy

• 簡潔gaan2 git3

  concise

• 簡短gaan2 dyun2

  brief (statement, summary etc)

• 簡便gaan2 bin6

  simple and convenient

• 簡報gaan2 bou3

  presentation

• 簡明gaan2 ming4

  simple and clear

• 簡要gaan2 jiu3

  concise

• 精簡zing1 gaan2

  to simplify

• 簡陋gaan2 lau6

  simple and crude

• 簡略gaan2 loek6

  simple

• 簡約gaan2 joek3

  sketchy

• 簡寫gaan2 se2

  to write characters in simplified form

• 簡譜gaan2 pou2

  music notation in which the notes Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La and Si are represented by numerals 1 to 7

• 簡樸gaan2 pok3

  (of lifestyle, clothing, writing etc) simple; plain

• 簡練gaan2 lin6

  terse

• 簡括gaan2 kut3

  brief but comprehensive

• 簡化字gaan2 faa3 zi6

  simplified Chinese character