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

Speed

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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

10 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
Variants:
mulberry
Kun:
くわ
On:
ソウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1650 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 桑田 【ソウデン】 mulberry plantation
  • 桑園 【ソウエン】 mulberry plantation
  • 扶桑 【フソウ】 divine tree or island east of China (in Chinese mythology), Fusang, Japan, Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis)

Kun reading compounds

  • 桑 【くわ】 mulberry (tree)
  • 桑原 【くわばら】 mulberry field

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
sang1
Korean:
sang

Spanish

  • mora
  • morera

Portuguese

  • amora

French

  • mûrier
1518 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1561 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
864 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1609 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1433 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1162 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1873 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2035 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1855 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1062 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2618 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1338 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1814 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
705 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14772 Morohashi
2112 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2661 New Nelson (John Haig)
698 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
754 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1352 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3564 2001 Kanji
2h8.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-8 SKIP code
2-6-4 SKIP code
1790.4 Four corner code
7790.4 Four corner code
1-23-12 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6851 Unicode hex code

6 strokes (also 5)
Radical:
melon
Parts:
melon
Kun:
うり
On:
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
2459 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 瓜蒂 【カテイ】 stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)
  • 瓜田 【カデン】 melon field, melon patch
  • 種なし西瓜 【タネナシスイカ】 seedless watermelon
  • 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
  • 木瓜 【ボケ】 Japanese quince (Chaenomeles speciosa), flowering quince
  • 草木瓜 【クサボケ】 dwarf Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica), (Japanese) flowering quince, Maule's quince, japonica

Kun reading compounds

  • 瓜 【うり】 melon, gourd
  • 瓜二つ 【うりふたつ】 exactly alike (in appearance), like two peas in a pod, (practically) identical, spitting image (of), carbon copy (of)
  • 毛瓜 【もううり】 Okinawan yellow cucumber
  • 赤瓜 【あかもううい】 Okinawan yellow cucumber

Readings

Japanese names:
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
gua1
Korean:
gwa

Spanish

  • melón

Portuguese

French

  • melon
2973 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1888 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
305 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
3789 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2626 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1895 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
21371X Morohashi
3038 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3686 New Nelson (John Haig)
1877 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2022 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2662 2001 Kanji
0a6.3 The Kanji Dictionary
3-3-2 SKIP code
7223.0 Four corner code
1-17-27 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
74dc Unicode hex code