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

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

16 strokes
Radical:
speech 言 (訁)
Parts:
truth, clarity, abandon, give up
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2457 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 諦観 【テイカン】 clear insight, resignation (to one's fate), acceptance
  • 諦念 【テイネン】 understanding and acceptance, spiritual awakening, a heart that understands truth, (feeling of) resignation
  • 妙諦 【ミョウテイ】 amazing truth, cardinal principle, key (to understanding)
  • 要諦 【ヨウテイ】 important point
  • 諦 【タイ】 satya, truth
  • 空諦 【クウタイ】 truth of emptiness (holding that all things are void)
  • 道諦 【ドウタイ】 truth of the way to the cessation of suffering

Kun reading compounds

  • 諦める 【あきらめる】 to give up, to abandon (hope, plans), to resign oneself (to)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
di4
Korean:
che

Spanish

Portuguese

French

4407 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
2516 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1238 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
2010 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1444 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
35716 Morohashi
5663 New Nelson (John Haig)
2716 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
467 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
7a9.16 The Kanji Dictionary
1-7-9 SKIP code
0062.7 Four corner code
1-36-92 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8ae6 Unicode hex code