chún

pure

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components
糹 meaning component

  Meaning component

  

silk

is a component form of .

屯 sound component

  Sound component

túnzhūn

  

village

Evolution

純 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
純 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
純 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
純 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

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chún

pure, clean, simple; pure; simple; unmixed; genuine

Most common words with 純
Freq.
Word
Meaning

pure

单纯

simple

纯粹

pure

纯洁

pure

纯属

to be purely

Component uses

Sound component in 1 character (0 verified)