Jisho

×

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

Stroke order

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

14 strokes
Radical:
bamboo 竹 (⺮)
Parts:
counter for articles
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 箇 【カ】 counter used with Sino-Japanese words
  • 箇所 【カショ】 place, point, part, spot, area, passage, portion, counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
  • 個 【コ】 counter for (small) things or pieces, counter for military units, (an) individual, one person
  • 個々 【ココ】 individual, one by one, separate, each
  • 真箇 【シンコ】 real, true

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ge4
Korean:
gae

Spanish

  • contador y enumerador para cosas

Portuguese

  • sufixo para contagem de coisas em geral

French

  • unités
  • compteur de choses
1054 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1943 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3414 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1860 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1605 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1473 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1570 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1682 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1483 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3348 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1735 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2356 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2048 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
26116 Morohashi
2700 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
4315 New Nelson (John Haig)
2029 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2185 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1721 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2377 2001 Kanji
6f8.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-8 SKIP code
8860.3 Four corner code
1-18-53 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7b87 Unicode hex code