Jiǎn () is a

Han surname Chinese surnames are used by Han Chinese and Sinicization, Sinicized ethnic groups in China, Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, and among overseas Chinese communities around the world such as Singapore and Malaysia. Written Chinese names begin with surnames, ...

meaning "simple". It was the 382th surname listed on the ''

Hundred Family Surnames The ''Hundred Family Surnames'' (), commonly known as ''Bai Jia Xing'', also translated as ''Hundreds of Chinese Surnames'', is a classic Chinese text composed of common Chinese surnames. An unknown author compiled the book during the Song dy ...

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Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

with this surname than any single province in

Mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...

Notable people

* Jian Zi-Hao (简自豪), Uzi (League of Legends player) * Sir

Yuet-keung Kan Sir Yuet-keung Kan (, 26 July 1913 – 14 September 2012) was a Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer who was successively appointed Senior Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council and Executive Council in the 1960s and 1970s. He ...

GBE JP (Chinese: 簡悅強, 26 July 1913 – 14 September 2012), Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer * Jianzhi (簡之), courtesy name of Yao Silian (姚思廉; died 637), an official of the Chinese dynasties Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty *

Victor Kan Victor Kan (簡華捷, Kan Wah-chit; born 1941) is a student of the late Ip Man and began his Wing Chun instruction at the age of 13 years in Hong Kong. He was with Yip Man for 7 years and in that time during which he became known as the 'King of ...

(簡華捷, Kan Wah Chit; born 1941) Hong Kong student of the late Yip Man * (born 25 February 1972 in Chiba) is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres *

Eugene Chien Eugene You-hsin Chien (; born 4 February 1946) is a Taiwanese politician and diplomat. He served as Foreign Minister of the Republic of China from 2002 to 2004. Career Eugene Chien, born in Taiwan in 1946, received his Bachelor of Science in ...

() (born February 4, 1946) is a politician and diplomat of the Republic of China on

* Chien Yu-Hsiu (; born February 29, 1980) is a male

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players p ...

player from the Republic of China. *

John Chien John Chih-Tsung Chien (given name also romanized Qǐcōng; ; March 23, 1940 – March 5, 2013) was a Taiwanese Episcopalian bishop who served as the third Bishop of Taiwan (diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan The Episcopal Dioc ...

(簡啟聰主教, March 23, 1940 - March 5, 2013) third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan from 1988 to 2001 *

Chien Tung-ming Chien Tung-ming (; born 4 June 1951) is a Taiwanese Paiwan politician. Also known by the Paiwan-language name Uliw Qaljupayare, he represented the Highland Aborigine district from 2008 to 2020, alongside Kao Chin Su-mei and Kung Wen-chi. E ...

(; born 4 June 1951) is a

Taiwanese aboriginal Taiwanese indigenous peoples (formerly Taiwanese aborigines), also known as Formosan people, Austronesian Taiwanese, Yuanzhumin or Gaoshan people, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about ...

politician. A member of the Paiwan tribe also known by the name Uliw Qaljupayare * Jian Yi(;

Simplified Chinese Simplification, Simplify, or Simplified may refer to: Mathematics Simplification is the process of replacing a mathematical expression by an equivalent one, that is simpler (usually shorter), for example * Simplification of algebraic expressions, ...

简艺； born 1975) is a Chinese filmmaker and activist {{surname Chinese-language surnames Individual Chinese surnames