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純

Level VIII of XX on the frequency path

Frequency rank 998 / 2,608

Pure

On’yomi
じゅん
Kun’yomi
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Radical
糸 Silk (Kangxi 120)

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 傾 (Lean), less common than 範 (Example).

Thread on the left ties neatly around a tombstone on the right -- thread wrapped simply and cleanly around a tombstone represents something pure and unadorned.

In words

純情 じゅんじょう pure heart,naivete,self-sacrificing devotionN2
純粋 じゅんすい pure,true,genuine,unmixedN2
単純 たんじゅん simplicityN3

純 is rank 998 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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