Jisho

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10 strokes
Radical:
eye
Parts:
Variants:
true, reality, Buddhist sect
Kun:
ま-まこと
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
279 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 真 【シン】 truth, reality, genuineness, seriousness, truth, printed style writing, star performer
  • 真意 【シンイ】 real intention, true motive, true meaning
  • 組み写真 【クミシャシン】 composite or montage photograph
  • 迫真 【ハクシン】 realistic, true to life

Kun reading compounds

  • 真 【ま】 just, right, due (east), pure, genuine, true, truth
  • 誠 【まこと】 truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 秀真 【ほつま】 Hotsuma (script)
  • 誠 【まこと】 truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 誠に 【まことに】 indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite
  • 嘘から出たまこと 【うそからでたまこと】 something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true, lie turned truth

Readings

Japanese names:
さな、 さね、 ただ、 ただし、 なお、 のり、 まあ、 まこ、 まさ、 まっ、 まど、 まな、 まゆ、 みち、 も
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhen1
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • verdad
  • realidad
  • puro
  • genuino
  • verdadero

Portuguese

  • verdadeiro
  • realidade
  • seita do Budismo

French

  • exact
  • vrai
  • réalité
  • secte bouddhiste
438 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
341 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
514 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
278 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
783 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
384 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
227 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1228 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.7 Japanese for Busy People
422 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
428 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
242 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1385 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2616 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1337 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1813 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
75 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
23236 Morohashi
2111 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3926 New Nelson (John Haig)
75 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
79 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
195 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
358 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1561 2001 Kanji
2k8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-7-3 SKIP code
4080.1 Four corner code
1-31-31 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
771f Unicode hex code

6 strokes
Radical:
woman, female
Parts:
likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal
Kun:
ごと.し
On:
ジョニョ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1704 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 如月 【キサラギ】 second month of the lunar calendar
  • 如雨露 【ジョウロ】 watering can, watering pot, sprinkling can
  • 躍如 【ヤクジョ】 vivid, lifelike, graphic
  • 鞠躬如 【キッキュウジョ】 deferential, humble, reverent, respectful
  • 如 【ニョ】 tathata (the ultimate nature of all things)
  • 如実 【ニョジツ】 reality, actuality, actual conditions, true situation, faithful representation, vivid depiction, ultimate reality, absolute truth
  • 一如 【イチニョ】 oneness
  • 形影一如 【ケイエイイチニョ】 being inseparable as a form and its shadow, a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind, husband and wife being never apart

Kun reading compounds

  • 如し 【ごとし】 like, as if, the same as

Readings

Japanese names:
き、 ね、 ゆき、 よし
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ru2
Korean:
yeo

Spanish

  • análogo
  • parecido
  • tal como
  • igual a
  • obedecer

Portuguese

  • semelhança
  • gostar
  • tal como
  • como se
  • melhor
  • igual

French

  • ressemblance
  • comme
  • comme si
  • mieux
  • meilleur
  • égal
  • similaire
  • paraître
1383 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1521 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1189 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1539 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1184 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
412 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1747 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1870 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1441 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
433 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
239 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
154 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
183 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
101 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
6060 Morohashi
207 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1178 New Nelson (John Haig)
100 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
104 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
337 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
1069 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1777 2001 Kanji
3e3.1 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-3 SKIP code
4640.0 Four corner code
1-39-01 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5982 Unicode hex code

8 strokes
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
garden, farm, park
Kun:
そのう.つ
On:
エンオン
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2060 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 園 【エン】 garden, orchard, park, plantation, kindergarten, nursery school, preschool
  • 園内 【エンナイ】 inside the kindergarten, inside the zoo, inside the garden, inside the park
  • 霊園 【レイエン】 (garden) cemetery, park-style cemetery, memorial park
  • 外苑 【ガイエン】 outer garden
  • 紫苑 【シオン】 aster (Aster tataricus), Tartarian aster, Michaelmas daisy
  • 鹿野苑 【ロクヤオン】 Magadaava (where Buddha delivered his first sermon), The Deer Park

Kun reading compounds

  • 園 【その】 garden, orchard, park, place, world, environment

Readings

Japanese names:
あや
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yuan4
Korean:
weon

Spanish

  • jardín imperial
  • jardín
  • parque

Portuguese

French

  • jardins (impériaux)
  • parc
  • ferme
  • recueil
3916 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
682 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2212 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2783 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1428 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1926 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1431 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
30774X Morohashi
2239 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4996 New Nelson (John Haig)
1419 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1523 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1956 2001 Kanji
3k5.17 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-5 SKIP code
4421.2 Four corner code
1-17-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
82d1 Unicode hex code