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Translingual
Han character
純 (Kangxi radical 120, 糸+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 女火心山 (VFPU), four-corner 25917, composition ⿰糹屯)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 917, character 6
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 27277
- Dae Jaweon: page 1346, character 11
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3371, character 4
- Unihan data for U+7D14
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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躉
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*tuːnʔ
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窀
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*rduːn, *duːn, *tun
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沌
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*donʔ, *duːn, *duːnʔ
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盹
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*tuːnʔ, *tjuns
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頓
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*tuːns
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扽
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*tuːns
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黗
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*tʰuːn, *tʰuːnʔ
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吨
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*tʰuːnʔ
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屯
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*duːn, *tun
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飩
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*duːn
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豘
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*duːn
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軘
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*duːn
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坉
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*duːn
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邨
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*duːn, *stʰuːn
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忳
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*duːn
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芚
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*duːn
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庉
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*duːn, *duːnʔ
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囤
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*duːnʔ
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迍
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*tun
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杶
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*tʰun
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瑃
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*tʰun
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椿
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*tʰun
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偆
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*tʰunʔ, *tʰjunʔ
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肫
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*tjun
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訰
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*tjun, *tjuns
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純
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*tjunʔ, *djun
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春
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*tʰjun
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蠢
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*tʰjunʔ
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踳
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*tʰjunʔ
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惷
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*tʰjunʔ
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蒓
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*djun
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賰
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*hljunʔ
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鬊
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*hljuns
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Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
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Character
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純
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純
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Reading #
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1/2
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2/2
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Modern Beijing (Pinyin)
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chún
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chún
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Middle Chinese
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‹ dzywin ›
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‹ dzywin ›
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Old Chinese
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/*u/
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/*u/
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English
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pure, unmixed
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silken
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Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:
* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;
* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
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Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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純
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Reading #
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2/2
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No.
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12578
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Phonetic component
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屯
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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純
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Old Chinese
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/*djun/
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Definitions
純
- pure; unmixed
- genuine; honest; simple
- entirely; completely; all
- skillful; proficient
- (literary) silk
Synonyms
- 全然 (quánrán)
- 完全 (wánquán)
- 簡直/简直 (jiǎnzhí) (chiefly in exaggerations)
- 純然/纯然
- 純粹/纯粹 (chúncuì)
- 貼准 (7tiq-tsen) (Wu)
- 逕直/迳直 (jìngzhí) (literary)
- 嫻/娴 (xián) (literary, or in compounds)
- 嫻熟/娴熟 (xiánshú) (formal)
- 熟 (shú)
- 熟嫻/熟娴 (shúxián) (literary)
- 熟手 (Hokkien, mainland China)
- 熟練/熟练 (shúliàn)
- 純熟/纯熟 (chúnshú)
Compounds
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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純
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Reading #
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1/2
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No.
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12570
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Phonetic component
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屯
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Rime group
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文
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Rime subdivision
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2
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Corresponding MC rime
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準
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Old Chinese
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/*tjunʔ/
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Definitions
純
- (Classical) border of a piece of clothing
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Definitions
純
- (Classical) Classifier for a section of cloth.
Japanese
Kanji
純
(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
Readings
Compounds
Etymology 1
Adjective
純 • (jun) -na (adnominal 純な (jun na), adverbial 純に (jun ni))
- innocent
Inflection
Stem forms
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Imperfective (未然形)
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純だろ
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じゅんだろ
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jun daro
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Continuative (連用形)
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純で
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じゅんで
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jun de
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Terminal (終止形)
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純だ
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じゅんだ
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jun da
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Attributive (連体形)
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純な
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じゅんな
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jun na
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Hypothetical (仮定形)
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純なら
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じゅんなら
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jun nara
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Imperative (命令形)
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純であれ
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じゅんであれ
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jun de are
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Key constructions
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Informal negative
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純ではない 純じゃない
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じゅんではない じゅんじゃない
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jun de wa nai jun ja nai
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Informal past
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純だった
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じゅんだった
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jun datta
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Informal negative past
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純ではなかった 純じゃなかった
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じゅんではなかった じゅんじゃなかった
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jun de wa nakatta jun ja nakatta
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Formal
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純です
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じゅんです
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jun desu
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Formal negative
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純ではありません 純じゃありません
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じゅんではありません じゅんじゃありません
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jun de wa arimasen jun ja arimasen
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Formal past
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純でした
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じゅんでした
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jun deshita
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Formal negative past
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純ではありませんでした 純じゃありませんでした
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じゅんではありませんでした じゅんじゃありませんでした
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jun de wa arimasen deshita jun ja arimasen deshita
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Conjunctive
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純で
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じゅんで
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jun de
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Conditional
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純なら(ば)
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じゅんなら(ば)
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jun nara (ba)
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Provisional
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純だったら
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じゅんだったら
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jun dattara
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Volitional
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純だろう
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じゅんだろう
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jun darō
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Adverbial
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純に
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じゅんに
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jun ni
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Degree
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純さ
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じゅんさ
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junsa
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Prefix
純 • (jun-)
- pure
Proper noun
純 • (Jun)
- a male given name
Etymology 2
Proper noun
純 • (Atsushi)
- a male given name
Korean
Hanja
純 (eumhun 순수할 순 (sunsuhal sun))
- hanja form? of 순 (“innocence”)
Vietnamese
Chữ Hán
純: Hán Nôm readings: thuần, chuẩn, đồn, truy, luồn
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