Jian (surname)

簡/简

Romanization	Wade-Giles: Chien Hokkien: Kan Teochew: Kean Cantonese: Kan (Hong Kong) Gan (Macao)
Pronunciation	jiǎn (jian3)
Origin
Language(s)	Chinese
Meaning	simple

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

Notable people

• Jian Zi-Hao (简自豪), Uzi (League of Legends player)
• Sir Yuet-keung Kan 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 (簡華捷, Kan Wah Chit; born 1941) Hong Kong student of the late Yip Man
• Masayoshi Kan (簡 優好, Kan Masayoshi) (born 25 February 1972 in Chiba) is a retired Japanese sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres
• Eugene Chien (traditional Chinese: 簡又新; simplified Chinese: 简又新; pinyin: Jiǎn Yòuxīn; Wade–Giles: Chiěn Yòu-hsīn) (born February 4, 1946) is a politician and diplomat of the Republic of China on Taiwan
• Chien Yu-Hsiu (simplified Chinese: 简佑修; traditional Chinese: 簡佑修; pinyin: Jiǎn Yùxiù; Wade–Giles: Chien Yü-hsiu; born February 29, 1980) is a male badminton player from the Republic of China.
• John Chien (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 (Chinese: 簡東明; born 4 June 1951) is a Taiwanese aboriginal politician. A member of the Paiwan tribe also known by the name Uliw Qaljupayare