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淳

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genuine; pure; honest

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Strokes
11
Radical
水 +8
Structure
Left–right 左右
Traditional
淳
Common rank
#3,206
Unicode
U+6DF3

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Formation & memory

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How 淳 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

氵 meaning “water” + 享 sound ( xiǎng )

Components 氵 享

How to remember it

honest · Heisig RSH #1637

水 water + 享 enjoy

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 淳

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

WordPinyinMeaning
淳化县 Chún huà Xiàn Chunhua, a county in Xianyang City 咸陽市|咸阳市[Xian2 yang2 Shi4], Shaanxi
淳安县 Chún ān Xiàn Chun'an, a county in Hangzhou City 杭州市[Hang2 zhou1 Shi4], Zhejiang
高淳区 Gāo chún Qū Gaochun, a district of Nanjing City 南京市[Nan2 jing1 Shi4], Jiangsu
淳化 Chún huà see 淳化縣|淳化县[Chun2 hua4 Xian4]
淳安 Chún ān see 淳安縣|淳安县[Chun2 an1 Xian4]
高淳 Gāo chún see 高淳區|高淳区[Gao1 chun2 Qu1]
淳于 Chún yú two-character surname Chunyu
淳厚 chún hòu pure and honest; simple and kind
淳朴 chún pǔ simple and honest; unsophisticated; guileless

Sound family

Characters sharing the sound component 享 — compare how they read.

CharacterPinyinMeaning
享 sound part xiǎng to share; to enjoy; to benefit from
鹑 chún quail; Turnix species (various)
崞 guō a mountain in Shanxi