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淳

chún

Character

What 淳 means

1. genuine
2. pure
3. honest

Other readings

淳 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• chúnold variant of {淳|chún}

Words starting with 淳

• 淳朴chún pǔsimple and honest; unsophisticated; guileless
• 淳于Chún yútwo-character surname Chunyu
• 淳厚chún hòupure and honest; simple and kind
• 淳化县Chún huà XiànChunhua, a county in Xianyang City 咸阳市
• 淳安县Chún ān XiànChun'an, a county in Hangzhou City 杭州市
• 淳化Chún huàsee 淳化县
• 淳安Chún ānsee 淳安县

Words containing 淳

• 高淳区Gāo chún QūGaochun, a district of Nanjing City 南京市
• 高淳Gāo chúnsee 高淳区

Characters built on 享

These share the phonetic component 享 (xiǎng), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 敦dūnkindhearted; place name
• 醇chúnalcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 鹑chún(bound form) quail
• 谆zhūnrepeatedly (in giving advice); sincere; earnest

Characters that look like 淳

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 消xiāoto diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time)
• 博bó(bound form) abundant; plentiful; extensive; wide; to win; to gain; to play; to gamble
• 浮fúto float; superficial; floating
• 傅fù(bound form) instructor; (literary) to instruct; to attach
• 渎dúdisrespectful; (literary) ditch
• 莽mǎng(bound form) dense growth of grass; (literary) vast; boundless; (bound form) boorish…

Sounds the same

Read chún, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 纯pure; simple; unmixed
• 唇lip
• 醇alcohol; wine with high alcohol content; rich
• 鹑(bound form) quail
• 莼used in 莼菜
• 㵮clear water
• 漘shore
• 𬭚copper drum
• 鯙Scomberomorus sinensis
• 㝄old variant of 纯
• 㝇old variant of 鹑