Jian (surname)

簡/简
RomanizationWade-Giles: Chien
Hokkien: Kan
Teochew: Kean
Cantonese: Kan (Hong Kong) Gan (Macao)
Pronunciationjiǎn (jian3)
Origin
Language(s)Chinese
Meaningbamboo slip, simple

Jiǎn (traditional Chinese: ; simplified Chinese: ) is a Han surname meaning "bamboo slip" or "simple". It was the 382th surname listed on the Hundred Family Surnames. There are more people in Taiwan with this surname than any single province in Mainland China.