Her innocent smile warmed my heart.
子供の純真さは時に大人をはっとさせる。
The purity of children sometimes startles adults.
彼は純真すぎて、人を疑うことを知らない。
He is so naive that he doesn't know how to doubt others.
純情 emphasizes emotional and romantic innocence, often tinged with youthful naivety, while 純真 stresses genuine, unspoiled purity of character, often used for children or artless honesty.
純真 focuses on a person's innocent, naive character, while 純粋 is broader and can describe substances, motives, or feelings as well as people.
純真 stresses sincere, unspoiled innocence of heart, whereas 純 is a more general and less emphatic way to describe purity of character.
純真 emphasizes a childlike, sincere innocence of heart, while 清純 adds a sense of chaste, untouched purity often applied to young women.
pure and innocent through and through; single-mindedly pure
pure and lovely; innocent and beautiful
pure; innocent; untainted
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
Irregular kanji usage; occasionally seen but not standard.
Compound of 純 (pure, genuine) and 真 (truth, reality). The combination conveys the idea of a heart or character that is genuinely true and untainted.