简 jiǎn
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- ⺮ — bamboo
- Made of
- ⺮ bamboo 间 between, among
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
简短
jiǎnduǎn
brief; short
Characters in this word
Example phrases
- 主席只作了简短发言，把更多时间留给现场提问。 Zhǔxí zhǐ zuò le jiǎnduǎn fāyán, bǎ gèng duō shíjiān liú gěi xiànchǎng tíwèn. The chair gave only a brief speech, leaving more time for questions from the floor.
- 请用简短的话告诉我发生了什么事。 Qǐng yòng jiǎnduǎn de huà gàosu wǒ fāshēng le shénme shì. Please tell me briefly what happened.
- 他给我发了一条简短的消息，只有两个字。 Tā gěi wǒ fā le yì tiáo jiǎnduǎn de xiāoxi, zhǐ yǒu liǎng ge zì. He sent me a brief message of just two characters.
Related words
- 简单 jiǎndān simple; easy
- 简直 jiǎnzhí simply; practically
- 简历 jiǎnlì resume
- 简化 jiǎnhuà to simplify
- 简介 jiǎnjiè to introduce briefly; brief introduction
- 简称 jiǎnchēng abbreviation; to be abbreviated as
- 简洁 jiǎnjié concise; succinct; simple and clear
- 简练 jiǎnliàn concise and polished
- 简陋 jiǎnlòu simple and crude; shabby
- 简体字 jiǎntǐzì simplified Chinese characters
- 简要 jiǎnyào brief; concise
- 简易 jiǎnyì simple; easy; makeshift