- 純愛 — true love
- 純金 — pure gold
- 純情 — innocence / naïveté
- 純粋 — pure / genuine
- 不純 — impure / mixed
- 純度 — purity (ratio)
- 純米 — pure rice (sake grade)
- 純益 — net profit
純 combines the thread radical 糸 with phonetic 屯, evoking something uniform and unmixed — like a single, clean strand. It signals honesty, clarity, or unmixed quality in feelings, materials, and measures.
It’s a 5th-grade 教育漢字 and shows up in emotional, material, and ethical contexts.
彼女は 純粋な 心を 持っています。
She has a pure heart.
純金の 指輪は とても高価です。
Rings made of pure gold are very expensive.