纯
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pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 糸 +4
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 純
- Common rank
- #1,284
- Unicode
- U+7EAF
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
unadulterated · Heisig RSH #2545
thread + earthworm
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 纯
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纯素食主义 | veganism | |
| 纯合子 | (genetics) homozygote | |
| 纯真天然 | natural; authentic | |
| 纯素食者 | a vegan | |
| 纯文本 | (computing) plain text | |
| 纯文字 | text-only (webpage, slide etc) | |
| 纯音乐 | instrumental music | |
| 单纯词 | (linguistics) single-morpheme word; simple word | |
| 纯素食 | vegan food; vegan diet; (attributive) vegan | |
| 纯色啄花鸟 | (bird species of China) plain flowerpecker (Dicaeum minullum) | |
| 纯血统 | pure-blood; full-blood | |
| 纯水 | pure water | |
| 张纯如 | Iris Chang (1968–2004), Chinese American author of "The Rape of Nanking" | |
| 纯白 | pure white | |
| 纯化 | to purify | |
| 纯金 | pure gold | |
| 纯利 | net profit | |
| 亚纯 | meromorphic (math.) | |
| 纯色 | pure color; solid color | |
| 纯音 | pure tone |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 屯 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 屯 sound part | village, hamlet; camp; station | |
| 顿 | to pause; to bow; to arrange | |
| 吨 | a metric ton | |
| 钝 | blunt, obtuse; dull, flat; dim-witted | |
| 炖 | stew; to cook stew | |
| 囤 | grain basket; to store, to hoard | |
| 沌 | chaotic, confused; murky, turbid | |
| 盹 | to doze, to nap, to nod off | |
| 砘 | a kind of farm tool | |
| 窀 | to bury | |
| 饨 | stuffed dumplings | |
| 肫 | gizzard; honest, sincere |