簡: simple; letter

簡 [简] jiǎn

: simple; uncomplicated, terse, succinct
: letter
: to choose; to select
: bamboo strips used for writing (old)

Kun Reading
none applicable

札 | ふだ fuda

noun
: token; label; tag; sign
: ticket; card
: charm; talisman
: slips of paper posted on shrine pillars by pilgrims

簡單 [简单] jian3dan1: simple; not complicated
[簡単 | かんたん kantan: simple; easy; brief; uncomplicated]

簡[简]便 jian3bian4: simple and convenient; handy
[簡便 | かんべん kanben: handy; simple and easy]

簡稱 [简称] jian3cheng1: to be abbreviated to; abbreviation; short form

簡[简]化 jian3hua4: to simplify

簡[简]短 jian3duan3: brief; short-duration
[簡短 | かんたん kantan: simple; easy; brief; uncomplicated]

簡[简]易 jian3yi4: simple and easy; simplistic
[かんい kani: simplicity; convenience; easiness]

簡[简]直 jian3zhi2: simply; at all; practically

精簡[简] jing1jian3: to simplify; to reduce

書簡 [书简] shu1jian3: (literary) letter
[書簡 | しょかん shokan: letter; note; epistle; correspondence]

漢簡 [汉简] han4jian3: bamboo slip used for record keeping during the Han Dynasty

Japanese common word | expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | idiom
*簡潔明瞭 | かんけつめいりょう kanketsu meiryou
: (yoji) clear and concise

了簡違い | りょうけんちがい ryouken chigai
: wrong idea; delusion; indiscretion; false step; misstep

直接簡明 | ちょくせつかんめい chokusetsu kanmei
: (yoji) simple and plain; straightforward

簡単に言えば | かんたんにいえば kantan ni ieba
: simply put; putting it simply; in short

簡にして要を得る | かんにしてようをえる kan ni shite you o eru
: to be brief and to the point; to be succinct

Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
*簡單明瞭 [简单明了] jian3 dan1 ming2 liao3
: clear and simple; in simple terms

簡而言之 [简而言之] jian3 er2 yan2 zhi1
: in a nutshell; to put it briefly

簡明扼要 [简明扼要] jian3 ming2 e4 yao4
: brief and to the point; succinct

因陋就簡 [因陋就简] yin1 lou4 jiu4 jian3
: crude but simple methods; use whatever methods you can; to do things simply and thriftily. It’s not pretty but it works.

言簡意賅 [言简意赅] yan2 jian3 yi4 gai1
: concise and comprehensive

頭腦簡單四肢發達 [头脑简单四肢发达] tou2 nao3 jian3 dan1 si4 zhi1 fa1 da2
: all brawn no brains