纯
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pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
7 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,284 U+7EAF
How 纯 is formed
Phono-semantic compound (形声字)
纟 (semantic, “silk”) + 屯 (phonetic, tún)
How to remember it
unadulterated · Heisig RSH #2545
thread + earthworm
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Phonetic series: characters sharing the sound component 屯
Siblings built with the same phonetic component 屯 (tún) — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屯 sound component | tún | village, hamlet; camp; station |
| 顿 | dùn | to pause; to bow; to arrange |
| 吨 | dūn | a metric ton |
| 钝 | dùn | blunt, obtuse; dull, flat; dim-witted |
| 炖 | dùn | stew; to cook stew |
| 囤 | tún | grain basket; to store, to hoard |
| 沌 | dùn | chaotic, confused; murky, turbid |
| 盹 | dǔn | to doze, to nap, to nod off |
| 砘 | dùn | a kind of farm tool |
| 窀 | zhūn | to bury |
| 饨 | tún | stuffed dumplings |
| 肫 | zhūn | gizzard; honest, sincere |
Words containing 纯
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纯素食主义 | chún sù shí zhǔ yì | veganism |
| 纯合子 | chún hé zǐ | (genetics) homozygote |
| 纯真天然 | chún zhēn tiān rán | natural; authentic |
| 纯素食者 | chún sù shí zhě | a vegan |
| 纯文本 | chún wén běn | (computing) plain text |
| 纯文字 | chún wén zì | text-only (webpage, slide etc) |
| 纯音乐 | chún yīn yuè | instrumental music |
| 单纯词 | dān chún cí | (linguistics) single-morpheme word; simple word |
| 纯素食 | chún sù shí | vegan food; vegan diet; (attributive) vegan |
| 纯色啄花鸟 | chún sè zhuó huā niǎo | (bird species of China) plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum) |
| 纯血统 | chún xuè tǒng | pure-blood; full-blood |
| 纯水 | chún shuǐ | pure water |
| 张纯如 | Zhāng Chún rú | Iris Chang (1968–2004), Chinese American author of "The Rape of Nanking" |
| 纯白 | chún bái | pure white |
| 纯化 | chún huà | to purify |
| 纯金 | chún jīn | pure gold |
| 纯利 | chún lì | net profit |
| 亚纯 | yà chún | meromorphic (math.) |
| 纯色 | chún sè | pure color; solid color |
| 纯音 | chún yīn | pure tone |