Jian (surname) explained
| 簡/简 |
| Romanization: | Wade-Giles: Chien
Hokkien: Kan
Teochew: Kean
Cantonese: Kan (Hong Kong) Gan (Macao) |
| Pronunciation: | jiǎn (jian3) |
| Language origin: | Chinese |
| Meaning: | bamboo slip, simple |
Jiǎn 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.
Notable people
- Sir Yuet-keung Kan GBE JP (Chinese: 簡悅強, 1913–2012), Hong Kong banker, politician and lawyer
- Jianzhi (簡之), courtesy name of Yao Silian (姚思廉; died 637), official of the Chinese dynasties Sui dynasty and Tang dynasty
- Victor Kan (簡華捷, Kan Wah Chit; born 1941), Hong Kong student of the late Yip Man
- (born 1972), Japanese sprinter
- Eugene Chien (born 1946), Taiwanese politician and diplomat
- Chien Yu-Hsiu (; born 1980) Chinese badminton player
- John Chien (簡啟聰主教, 1940–2013), third bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Taiwan from 1988 to 2001
- Chien Tung-ming (; born 1951), Taiwanese aboriginal politician
- Jian Yi(; Simplified Chinese简艺；born 1975), Chinese filmmaker and activist
- (Born name is 簡 宏嘉; born 2002) Japanese actor
See also
