| Chinese Text Project |
| 簡 U+7C21 |  Seal script | 简 Simplified character | 耕 Semantic variant |
| Radical: | 竹+ 12 strokes = 18 strokes total. |
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| References: | Kangxi: p.899#14 GSR: 191.d Hanyu: v5,p3017#15 |
| Composition: | Top: 𥫗, bottom: 間. Component of: 㶕 𡅉 𪦴 𣠰 𤓃 𫌙 𨰝 |
| Mandarin: | jiǎn ㄐㄧㄢˇ |
| Cantonese: | gaan2 |
| Tang reconstruction: | gɛ̌n |
| Shuowen: | 《竹部》簡：牒也。从竹閒聲。 |
| Guangyun: | 《廣韻·上聲·産·簡》簡：札也，牒也，略也。《釋名》云：𥳑閒也，編之扁扁有閒也，又姓左氏傳魯大夫𥳑叔蜀志𥳑雍傳云本幽州人姓耿後音訛改爲𥳑。古限切，七。 |
| Fanqie: | 古限 (《廣韻·上聲·産·簡》) |
| Unihan definition: | simple, terse, succinct; letter |
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[Show proper names]Example usage
| 《論語·公冶長》: | 吾黨之小子狂簡，斐然成章，不知所以裁之。 |
| The little children of my school are ambitious and too hasty. They are accomplished and complete so far, but they do not know how to restrict and shape themselves. | |
| 《孟子·離婁下》: | 孟子不與右師言，右師不悅曰：「諸君子皆與驩言，孟子獨不與驩言，是簡驩也。」 |
| Mencius did not speak with him, so that he was displeased, and said, 'All the gentlemen have spoken with me. There is only Mencius who does not speak to me, thereby slighting me.' | |
| 《禮記·王制》: | 司徒修六禮以節民性，明七教以興民德，齊八政以防淫，一道德以同俗，養耆老以致孝，恤孤獨以逮不足，上賢以崇德，簡不肖以絀惡。 |
| The minister of Instruction defined and set forth the six ceremonial observances: to direct and control the nature of the people; clearly illustrated the seven lessons (of morality) to stimulate their virtue; inculcated uniformity in the eight objects of government, to guard against all excess; taught the sameness of the course (of duty) and virtue, to assimilate manners; nourished the aged, to secure the completion of filial piety; showed pity to orphans and solitaries, to reach those who had been bereaved; exalted men of talents and worth, to give honour to virtue; and dealt summarily with the unworthy, to discountenance wickedness. | |
| 《揚子法言》: | 君子之道有四易：簡而易用也，要而易守也，炳而易見也，法而易言也。 |
| The dao of the junzi is easy in four ways: being simple, it is easy to use; being essential, it is easy to grasp; being bright, it is easy to see; being the model, it is easy to explain. | |
| 《墨子·修身》: | 名不可簡而成也，譽不可巧而立也，君子以身戴行者也。 |
| There is no short cut to fame and there is no trick to praise. The superior man regards his body but as the vehicle for his character. | |
| 《莊子·人間世》: | 其作始也簡，其將畢也必巨。 |
| At the commencement things are treated as trivial, but as the end draws near, they assume great proportions. | |
| 《商君書·說民》: | 法詳則刑繁，法簡則刑省。 |
| If the law goes into details, the punishments will be multitudinous; if the laws are multitudinous, punishments will be scarce. | |
| 《史記·五帝本紀》: | 以夔為典樂，教稚子，直而溫，寬而栗，剛而毋虐，簡而毋傲。 |
| And made Kui director of music and teacher of youth. 'Be straightforward' (he added) 'and yet mild; lenient and yet stern; firm, yet not tyrannical; impetuous, yet not arrogant.' | |
| 《荀子·賦》: | 簡然易知，而致有理者歟？ |
| 《說苑·脩文》: | 孔子曰可也簡。 |
| 《春秋繁露·玉杯》: | 君子知在位者之不能以惡服人也，是故簡六藝以贍養之。 |
| 《韓詩外傳·卷三》: | 傳曰：易簡而天下之理得矣。 |
| 《大戴禮記》: | 斬衰、簡屨、杖而歠粥者，志不在於飲食。 |
| 《白虎通德論·禮樂》: | 《詩》云：「奏鼓簡簡，衎我烈祖。」 |
| 《新書·大政下》: | 故曰：「刑罰不可以慈民，簡泄不可以得士。」 |
| 《新序·義勇》: | 陳恒弒簡公而盟，盟者皆完其家，不盟者殺之。 |
| 《中論·法象》: | 人性之所簡也，存乎幽微 |
| 《孔子家語·好生》: | 曾子曰：「狎甚則相簡，莊甚則不親。」 |
| 《潛夫論·賢難》: | 今世俗之人，自慢其親而憎人敬之，自簡其親而憎人愛之者不少也。 |
| 《論衡·逢遇》: | 籍孺幸於孝惠，鄧通愛於孝文，無細簡之才，微薄之能，偶以形佳骨嫺，皮媚色稱。 |
| 《風俗通義·六國》: | 懷王佞臣上官、子簡，斥遠忠臣。 |
| 《孔叢子·記問》: | 趙簡子使聘夫子，夫子將至焉。 |
| 《申鑒·政體》: | 四患既蠲，五政既立，行之以誠，守之以固，簡而不怠，䟽而不失，無為為之，使自施之，無事事之，使自交之，不肅而治，垂拱揖遜而海內平矣，是謂為政之方也。 |
| 《忠經·政理章》: | 政則在簡而能。 |
| 《獨斷·卷上》: | 策書，策者，簡也。 |
| 《蔡中郎集·獨斷》: | 帝謚：違拂不成曰隱，靖民則法曰黃，翼善傳聖曰堯，仁聖盛明曰舜，殘人多壘曰桀，殘義損善曰紂，慈惠愛親曰孝，愛民好與曰惠，聖善同文曰宣，聲聞宣遠曰昭，克定禍亂曰武，聰明睿智曰獻，溫柔聖善曰懿，布德執義曰穆，仁義說民曰元，安仁立政曰神，布綱治紀曰平，亂而不損曰靈，保民耆艾曰明，辟土有德曰襄，貞心大度曰匡，大慮慈民曰定，知過能改曰恭，不生其國曰聲，一德不懈曰簡，夙興夜寐曰敬，清白自守曰貞，柔德好眾曰靖，安樂治民曰康，小心畏忌曰僖，中身早折曰悼，慈仁和民曰順，好勇致力曰莊，恭人短折曰哀，在國逢難曰愍，名實過爽曰繆，壅遏不通曰幽，暴虐無親曰厲，致志大圖曰景，辟土兼國曰桓，經緯天地曰文，執義揚善曰懷，短折不成曰殤，去禮遠眾曰煬，怠政外交曰攜，治典不敷曰祈。 |
| 《鶡冠子·泰錄》: | 制者所以衛精擢神致氣也，幽則不洩，簡則不煩，不煩則精明達，故能役賢能使神明，百化隨而變，終始從而豫。 |
| 《文子·符言》: | 老子曰：人有三死非命亡焉：飲食不節，簡賤其身，病共殺之，樂得無已，好求不止，刑共殺之，以寡犯眾，以弱凌強，兵共殺之。 |
| 《列仙傳·偓佺》: | 松者，簡松也。 |
| 《韓非子·有度》: | 此數物者，險世之說也，而先王之法所簡也。 |
| 《慎子·逸文》: | 故曰：利莫長於簡，福莫久於安。 |
| 《管子·山至數》: | 管子對曰：「請士之言非也，祿肥則士不死，幣輕則士簡賞，萬物輕則士偷幸，三怠在國，何數之有？」 |
| 《吳子·圖國》: | 起對曰：「古之明王，必謹君臣之禮，飾上下之儀，安集吏民，順俗而教，簡募良材，以備不虞。」 |
| 《六韜·王翼》: | 兵法九人：主講論異同，行事成敗，簡練兵器，刺舉非法。 |
| 《司馬法·天子之義》: | 古者，賢王明民之德，盡民之善，故無廢德，無簡民，賞無所生，罰無所試。 |
| 《淮南子·道應訓》: | 趙簡子以襄子為後，董閼於曰：「無恤賤，今以為後，何也？」 |
| 《呂氏春秋·貴直》: | 趙簡子攻衛附郭，自將兵。 |
| 《尹文子·大道上》: | 故人以度審長短，以量受多少，以衡平輕重，以律均清濁，以名稽虛實，以法定治亂，以簡治煩惑，以易御險難，以萬事皆歸於一，百度皆準於法。 |
| 《鄧析子·無厚》: | 惔然寬裕，蕩然簡易，略而無失，精詳入纖微也。 |
| 《春秋左傳》: | 秋，大閱，簡車馬也。 |
| 《逸周書·官人解》: | 信氣中易，義氣時舒，知氣簡備，勇氣壯力。 |
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