漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
淳: pure
JLPT N111 strokesName kanji (jinmeiyō)Your ink: 白 Not met
氵 carries the meaning · 享 is drawn in
11 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジュンjun · on'yomi · in compounds
- 淳良じゅんりょうsimple and kind; innocent
- 淳久堂じゅんくどうJunkudo (Japanese bookstore chain)
- 淳風美俗じゅんぷうびぞくgood morals and manners
Also read シュン, あつい, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine three raindrops falling—that's sanzui! Whenever you see these three dots on the left side of a kanji, think of water, liquids, or anything that flows.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
享
Also built on enjoy (享)
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side淳 pure · 氵
vs惇 sincere · 忄In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chún
Same form: 淳 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 淳 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 淳 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chún most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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