Chinese symbol for “pure”
纯
chún
Traditional: 純
pure; simple; unmixed; genuine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for pure is 纯 (chún), defined as: pure; simple; unmixed; genuine.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “pure”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 纯粹 (純粹) | chún cuì | pure; unadulterated |
| 纯洁 (純潔) | chún jié | pure; clean and honest |
| 纯净 (純淨) | chún jìng | pure; clean |
| 清白 | qīng bái | pure; innocent |
| 纯正 (純正) | chún zhèng | pure; unadulterated |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 纯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单纯 (單純) | dān chún | simple; pure |
| 纯粹 (純粹) | chún cuì | pure; unadulterated |
| 纯洁 (純潔) | chún jié | pure; clean and honest |
| 纯净 (純淨) | chún jìng | pure; clean |
| 纯属 (純屬) | chún shǔ | to be purely; pure and simple |
| 清纯 (清純) | qīng chún | fresh and pure |
See also: Japanese symbol for “pure”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.