pure and lovely; innocent and beautiful
Describes a person, especially a young girl, whose heart is pure and whose appearance is charmingly beautiful. Often used in literary or poetic contexts.
Everyone was captivated by her pure and lovely smile.
その少女は純真可憐そのものだった。
The girl was the very picture of innocent beauty.
純真無垢 emphasizes moral purity and innocence without blemish, while 純真可憐 adds a nuance of physical beauty and charm.
可憐 alone means 'pretty' or 'lovely', but 純真可憐 combines it with purity of heart.
A yojijukugo composed of 純真 (pure, genuine) and 可憐 (pretty, lovely). The exact origin is uncertain, but it follows a common pattern of combining two two-character words to create a four-character compound with a heightened literary effect.