字 Kanji Decipher

Meaning & readings

genuine, purity, innocence, net (profit)

On’yomi ジュン
Nanori あつ、すみ、み、やすし、よし

Origin

The character 純 combines the radical for thread or fiber (糸 on the left) with a sound hint (屯 on the right) that suggests how to pronounce it. Thread naturally connects to the idea of purity because fine, unblended thread represents something genuine and unmixed. The meaning expanded from this concrete image of pure thread to the broader sense of genuineness, innocence, and even financial purity like net profit. The right component doesn't add meaning—it simply signals roughly how the character should be read.

AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Phono-semantic (meaning + sound hint).

純 10 strokes

Components

  • 糸 radical left
  • 屯 sound hint right

A sound hint component points at the character’s pronunciation, not its meaning — don’t read a meaning into it.

Common words

  • 純益 じゅんえき clear profit; net income
  • 純金 じゅんきん pure gold; solid gold
  • 純情 じゅんじょう pure heart; naivete
  • 純粋 じゅんすい pure; true
  • 純度 じゅんど purity (of a substance)
  • 単純 たんじゅん simple; plain
  • 不純 ふじゅん impure; adulterated
  • 純文学 じゅんぶんがく pure literature; belles-lettres

Related kanji

Same sound component 屯
Same radical

Reference

Strokes
10
Kangxi radical
120
Grade
Grade 6 (Kyōiku)
Frequency rank
#1044 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 2
Unicode
U+07D14