Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 简文, 建文, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. /t͡ɕjɛn.wən/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Chinese 简 (jiǎn) meaning "simple, brief, letter, bamboo slip" or 建 (jiàn) meaning "build, establish" combined with 文 (wén) meaning "literature, culture, writing". Other character combinations can form this name as well.