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純

Pure
Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingジュン
JLPT level: N2JōyōGrade 6Level 34

Meanings

  1. pure
    純情な少女から嫉妬に狂う女に変身したことを表す。This indicates she has transformed herself from a pure young lady into a woman mad with jealousy.wiki
  2. genuineRtK
  3. simple
    彼は見かけほど単純ではない。He is not as simple as he seems.tatoeba
  4. unalloyed
  1. innocent
  2. chaste
  3. naive
  4. unmixed

Homonyms

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Same reading (じゅん)
順 · order旬 · ten-day period (in a month)準 · semi-

Popular Usage

純情純粋

Radicals and components

Radical糸silk纟variant
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How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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thread (糸) · spiderman · earthworm · drop (丶) · shovel · fishhook

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1609

Compound words

純情じゅんじょう
pure heart; naivete; innocence
純粋じゅんすい
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
純益じゅんえき
clear profit; net income; net profit
純金じゅんきん
pure gold; solid gold; fine gold
純度じゅんど
purity (of a substance)
単純たんじゅん
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded
不純ふじゅん
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
純文学じゅんぶんがく
pure literature; belles-lettres
純愛じゅんあい
pure love
純化じゅんか
purification
純潔じゅんけつ
purity
純血じゅんけつ
pure-bred (usu. animal)
純心じゅんしん
pure
純真じゅんしん
pure
純白じゅんぱく
pure white, snow white
純朴じゅんぼく
simple and honest
清純せいじゅん
pure, innocent, wholesome
純利益じゅんりえき
net profit, pure profit
純愛路線じゅんあいろせん
(going) the pure love stories route (in movie making)
純情可憐じゅんじょうかれん
pure of heart and pretty
純真無垢じゅんしんむく
pure
純粋培養じゅんすいばいよう
clean (pure) culture
純粋理性じゅんすいりせい
(Kantian) pure reason
単純疱疹たんじゅんほうしん
herpes simplex

Additional Examples

彼は純粋の貴族だ。
He's a genuine aristocrat.tatoeba
彼の話は単純そのものであった。
His story was simplicity itself.tatoeba
彼の話は単純そのものだった。
His story was simplicity itself.tatoeba
久々に源氏は彼女を訪れ、その純情に心を動かされる。
Genji, who visits her after a long interval, is moved by the purity of her heart.wiki
純粋な守護の家臣とは異なる。
These were different to the true vassals of a governor.wiki
日本初の純粋な観光専用鉄道とされる。
It is the first railway in Japan to be used exclusively for sightseeing.wiki

Stroke Order

10 strokes

Pure. 糸 (thread) + 屯 — undyed silk thread. 純粋 — pure.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 純

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