漢字Kanji · in Textiles, Plants & Food
純: genuine, purity
Also: innocence, net (profit)
JLPT N210 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
糸 carries the meaning · 屯 gives the sound
10 strokes
One reading, and the words that use it
ジュンjun · on'yomi · in compounds
- 純金じゅんきんpure gold, solid gold
- 純益じゅんえきclear profit, net income
- 純文学じゅんぶんがくpure literature, belles-lettres
- 純粋なじゅんすいなpure, true, genuine, unmixed
- 純潔なじゅんけつなpure, chaste
- 純真なじゅんしんなpure, sincere
- 純朴なじゅんぼくなrustic, simple, naive, honest
- 単純なたんじゅんなsimple
- 清純なせいじゅんなpure, innocent
- 純化するじゅんかするpurify
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成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Everything is connected! This radical represents the invisible threads that tie us together—our relationships, the fine "silk" of our words, and the intricate weaving of our personal histories.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side純 genuine · 屯
vs約 promise · 勺In ChineseSimplified 纯 · traditional, as in Japanese · chún
Japan keeps the traditional form 純; mainland China simplifies it to 纯.
- Simplified
- 纯 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 純 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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