HSK 6 · Education

简体字 jiǎntǐzì “simplified Chinese characters” in Chinese

Said as jiántǐzì

Traditional 簡體字

What 简体字 means

  1. simplified Chinese characters
  2. simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字

How to say 简体字

  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale简jiǎn3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the third tone: dips low then rises, 2 to 1 to 4 on the five-level scale体tǐ3rd tone, dipping
  • Pitch chart of the fourth tone: falls from high to low, 5 to 1 on the five-level scale字zì4th tone, falling

Said as jiántǐzì. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. How tone changes work

简体字 in a sentence

  1. 这是简体字。

    Zhè shì jiǎntǐzì.

    These are simplified characters.

    Sentence #895715 from Tatoeba · translation adapted

How 简体字 is built

Each colour is one part of the character. Parts repeat across thousands of characters, so learning them makes new words easier. See all 214 in our radicals chart.

The character 简 (jiǎn) with each of its parts in a different colour
简jiǎnsimple
  • ⺮bamboo form of 竹 · zhúMeaning part
  • 间between · jiānSound part

⺮ hints at the meaning (bamboo); 间 (jiān) hints at the sound. Compare it with jiǎn.

The character 体 (tǐ) with each of its parts in a different colour
体tǐbody
  • 亻person form of 人 · rén
  • 本root · běn

Memory aidA person 亻 and a root 本: the body.

The character 字 (zì) with each of its parts in a different colour
字zìletter
  • 宀roof · mián
  • 子child · zǐ

Memory aidA child 子 under a roof 宀, learning to write: a written character.

How to write 简体字

简 13 strokes · 体 7 strokes · 字 6 strokes

Watch the order, then press Try writing it and draw each stroke in the grid. Each stroke is checked as you go.

简体字 (jiǎntǐzì) stroke order chart: each stroke of the characters in the order you write them
Stroke order chart for 简体字 (jiǎntǐzì). Red marks the next stroke, so you can copy it onto paper one step at a time.

Words related to 简体字

Words with 简

简单jiǎndān · simple简历jiǎnlì · curriculum vitae (CV)简直jiǎnzhí · simply简化jiǎnhuà · to simplify精简jīngjiǎn · to streamline简陋jiǎnlòu · simple and crude简要jiǎnyào · brief

Words with 体

身体shēntǐ · body体育tǐyù · physical training体育馆tǐyùguǎn · gymnasium体会tǐhuì · to know from experience体贴tǐtiē · considerate (of other people’s needs)体现tǐxiàn · to embody体验tǐyàn · to experience for oneself具体jùtǐ · specific集体jítǐ · collective (decision)媒体méitǐ · media

Words with 字

字zì · character名字míngzi · name汉字hànzì · Chinese character字典zìdiǎn · dictionary (of characters)数字shùzì · numeral文字wénzì · writing字母zìmǔ · letter (of the alphabet)字幕zìmù · caption赤字chìzì · deficit繁体字fántǐzì · traditional Chinese character

More words: Education & Learning

传授chuánshòu · to teach答辩dábiàn · to defend (a thesis)方言fāngyán · dialect繁体字fántǐzì · traditional Chinese character教养jiàoyǎng · upbringing精通jīngtōng · to be proficient in记性jìxing · memory (ability to remember)考古kǎogǔ · archaeology

FAQs

简体字 (jiǎntǐzì) means “simplified Chinese characters” or “simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字”. It is an HSK 6 word.
Say it jiǎntǐzì: jiǎn with a 3rd tone, then tǐ with a 3rd tone, then zì with a 4th tone. In speech it sounds like jiántǐzì. When two third tones meet, the first one rises into a second tone. You still write it with two third tones. Press Listen at the top of this page to hear it, or Slowly to hear each tone clearly.
In Traditional characters, used in Taiwan and Hong Kong, 简体字 is written 簡體字. The pronunciation is the same.
Add a Chinese (Simplified) pinyin keyboard to your phone or computer, type jiantizi with no tone marks or spaces, then choose 简体字 from the suggestions. Typing jiantizi into this dictionary’s search box finds it too.
简体字 is an HSK 6 word in the HSK 2.0 word lists.

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Sources: meaning and pinyin checked by a native Mandarin teacher against the official HSK lists. Extra meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). Character parts and stroke order from Make Me a Hanzi.