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

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:

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Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chai1, ca1
Korean:
tag

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1860 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
11943 Morohashi
2101 New Nelson (John Haig)
3c5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5203.1 Four corner code
5204.1 Four corner code
1-57-30 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62c6 Unicode hex code

11 strokes (also 12)
Radical:
grass 艸 (艹)
Parts:
arrowroot, kudzu
Kun:
つづらくず
On:
カツカチ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
1547 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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Kun reading compounds

  • 葛 【くず】 kudzu (Pueraria montana), Japanese arrowroot, Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
  • 葛籠 【つづら】 wicker clothes hamper
  • 熊葛 【くまつづら】 common vervain (Verbena officinalis), common verbena
  • 葛 【くず】 kudzu (Pueraria montana), Japanese arrowroot, Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
  • 葛餡 【くずあん】 kudzu sauce

Readings

Japanese names:
か、 かず、 かずら、 かっ、 かつら
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge3, ge2
Korean:
gal

Spanish

Portuguese

French

3997 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1994 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2103 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2905 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2017 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
31420X Morohashi
5060 New Nelson (John Haig)
2398 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
492 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3k9.22 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-4-9 SKIP code
4472.7 Four corner code
1-19-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
845b Unicode hex code