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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA surname from Chinese. · A given name from Chinese.
From Chinese 簡／简 (Jiǎn), 檢／检 (Jiǎn), or 劍／剑 (Jiàn). Alternatively, from 錢／钱 (Qián), 千 (Qiān), or 乾／干 (Gān). As a given name, from 建 (Jiàn), 健 (Jiàn), or 謙／谦 (Qiān). Doublet of Qian and Jian.
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