純 – genuine, purity, innocence

10 strokesTaught in grade 6#1044 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 純 means genuine, purity, innocence, net (profit). Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is ジュン (jun). It is written with 10 strokes, under radical 糸 (no. 120).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	ジュン	jun

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 糸 (Kangxi radical 120). Components: 糸・幺・小・屯.

Words using 純

単純たんじゅんsimple純情じゅんじょうpure heart純粋じゅんすいpure清純せいじゅんpurity

Example sentences

彼の話は単純そのものだった。

His story was simplicity itself.

Tatoeba #115760

君って、意外に純情だね。

I'm surprised that you're so naïve.

Tatoeba #177469

純粋に、ミクシィユーザーが言うところの「変な人」ってどんな人なのか、私にはいまいちわからないのだ。

It's simply that I don't really understand what an "oddball" is when said by a Mixi user.

Tatoeba #76027

Kanji with the same radical

経約統総続結組終線細紙系編織給維

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