Save Gender Masculine & Feminine Usage Chinese Scripts 简文, 建文, etc.(Chinese) Pronounced Pron. CHYEHN-WUN [key·IPA] 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.