淳

淳	U+6DF3, 淳 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6DF3

Translingual

Han character

淳 (Kangxi radical 85, 水+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 水卜口木 (EYRD), four-corner 3014₇, composition ⿰氵享)

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 632, character 5
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 17690
Dae Jaweon: page 1035, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1658, character 1
Unihan data for U+6DF3

Chinese

simp. and trad.		淳
alternative forms		𤂸湻

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (敦) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
弴	tjuː, tuːn
敦	tuːl, doːn, tuːn, tuːns
錞	duːlʔ, duːls, *djun
憝	*duːls
憞	*duːls
譈	*duːls
鐓	*duːls
鷻	*doːn
鶉	doːn, djun
惇	tuːn, tjun
墩	*tuːn
驐	*tuːn
燉	tuːns, tʰuːn, *duːn
焞	tʰuːn, djun
啍	tʰuːn, duːn
暾	*tʰuːn
噋	tʰuːn, kʰʷaːɡ
諄	tjun, tjuns
埻	tjunʔ, kʷaːɡ, *kʷreːɡ
稕	*tjuns
醇	*djun
淳	*djun
犉	*njun

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *djun): semantic 水 (“water”) + phonetic 𦎧 (chún).

Pronunciation 1

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chún (chun²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄣˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): seon⁴
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sûn

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chún
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄣˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chún
  - Wade–Giles: chʻun²
  - Yale: chwún
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chwen
  - Palladius: чунь (čunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰu̯ən³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: seon⁴
  - Yale: sèuhn
  - Cantonese Pinyin: soen⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: sên⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɵn²¹/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sûn
  - Tâi-lô: sûn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: suun
  - Sinological IPA (Xiamen): /sun²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Quanzhou): /sun²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Zhangzhou): /sun¹³/
  - Sinological IPA (Taipei): /sun²⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Kaohsiung): /sun²³/

Middle Chinese: dzywin

Rime
Character	淳
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	諄 (47)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	常倫切
Baxter	dzywin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiuɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑʷin/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑjuen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑwin/
Li Rong	/ʑiuĕn/
Wang Li	/ʑĭuĕn/
Bernhard Karlgren	/ʑi̯uĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chún
Expected Cantonese Reflex	seon⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]u[r]/

(Zhengzhang): /*djun/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淳	淳	淳
Reading #	1/5	2/5	3/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chún	chún	chún
Middle Chinese	‹ dzywin ›	‹ dzywin ›	‹ dzywin ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]u[r]/	/*[d]u[r]/	/*[d]u[r]/
English	a pair	simple, unadorned	ample
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	淳
Reading #	1/1
No.	2617
Phonetic component	敦
Rime group	文
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	純
Old Chinese	/*djun/

Definitions

淳

(of taste) thick; rich
honest; pure; simple
used in 淳鹵／淳卤
a surname

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhūn (zhun¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhūn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhun
  - Wade–Giles: chun¹
  - Yale: jwūn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: juen
  - Palladius: чжунь (čžunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən⁵⁵/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tur/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淳
Reading #	4/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhūn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsywin ›
Old Chinese	/*tur/
English	moisten
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

淳

(archaic) to irrigate; to water; to soak; to moisten

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhǔn (zhun³)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨㄣˇ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: zhǔn
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨㄣˇ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhǔn
  - Wade–Giles: chun³
  - Yale: jwǔn
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: joen
  - Palladius: чжунь (čžunʹ)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu̯ən²¹⁴/

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*turʔ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	淳
Reading #	5/5
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhǔn
Middle Chinese	‹ tsywin^X ›
Old Chinese	/*turʔ/
English	measure of breadth (of cloth)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Definitions

淳

(historical) a unit of measure

Compounds

淳制

Japanese

Kanji

淳

(Jinmeiyō kanji)

pure
Synonyms: 惇, 醇

Readings

Go-on: じゅん (jun)
Kan-on: しゅん (shun)
Kun: あつい (atsui, 淳い)、すなお (sunao, 淳)

Proper noun

Kanji in this term
淳
あつし Jinmeiyō

Kanji in this term
淳
じゅん Jinmeiyō
on'yomi

Kanji in this term
淳
きよし Jinmeiyō

淳(あつし) or 淳(じゅん) or 淳(きよし) • (Atsushi or Jun or Kiyoshi)

a male given name

Korean

Hanja

淳 • (sun, jun) (hangeul 순, 준, revised sun, jun, McCune–Reischauer sun, chun, Yale swun, cwun)

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Vietnamese

Han character

淳: Hán Nôm readings: thuần

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