Chinese symbol for “purely”
单纯
dān chún
Traditional: 單純
simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely
The closest CC-CEDICT match for purely is 单纯 (dān chún), defined as: simple; pure; unsophisticated; merely; purely.
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Characters and stroke order
Traditional forms
Other Chinese words for “purely”
Related words
Other words that share a character with 单纯.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 单位 (單位) | dān wèi | unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole) |
| 简单 (簡單) | jiǎn dān | simple; not complicated |
| 名单 (名單) | míng dān | list of names |
| 单独 (單獨) | dān dú | alone; by oneself |
| 单一 (單一) | dān yī | single; only |
| 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 |
See also: Japanese symbol for “purely”.
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.