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

7 strokes (also 6)
Radical:
town (阝 right) 邑 (阝)
Parts:
what?
Kun:
なになんぞいかん
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1621 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 那覇 【ナハ】 Naha (city in Okinawa)
  • 那覇港湾空港工事事務所 【ナハコウワンクウコウコウジジムショ】 Naha Harbour and Airport Construction Office
  • 刹那 【セツナ】 moment, instant, kshana, duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second), shortest possible interval of time
  • 印度支那 【インドシナ】 Indochina

Readings

Japanese names:
とも、 やす
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
na4, na1, na3
Korean:
na

Spanish

  • abundante
  • ¿qué?

Portuguese

French

1257 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4757 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
416 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2251 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
826 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1047 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
564 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
748 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
39306X Morohashi
843 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
6129 New Nelson (John Haig)
2960 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1992 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2d4.6 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-3 SKIP code
1-4-2 SKIP code
1752.7 Four corner code
1-38-65 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
90a3 Unicode hex code

7 strokes
Radical:
man, human 人 (亻)
Parts:
nursing, attending, entertainer
Kun:
とぎ
On:
キャギャ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
2323 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 伽耶 【カヤ】 Kaya (ancient Korean confederacy), Karak
  • 伽耶琴 【カヤグム】 gayageum (12-stringed Korean zither)
  • 閼伽 【アカ】 water offering to Buddha, holy water
  • 真那伽 【マナカ】 incense variety used in kōdō (orig. from Malacca)
  • 伽藍 【ガラン】 temple (esp. large one), monastery, temple building
  • 伽藍鳥 【ガランチョウ】 pelican
  • 瑜伽 【ユガ】 yoga
  • 迦陵頻伽 【カリョウビンガ】 kalavinka, imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes, person or creature with a beautiful voice
  • 伽羅 【キャラ】 aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana), aloes-wood perfume, aloes-wood incense
  • 伽羅蕗 【キャラブキ】 stalks of butterbur boiled in soy sauce
  • 僧伽 【ソウギャ】 sangha (the Buddhist community)

Kun reading compounds

  • 伽 【とぎ】 nursing, nurse, attending, attendant, entertainer
  • 伽芝居 【とぎしばい】 fairy play, pantomime
  • 御伽 【おとぎ】 attending (upon), keeping another company
  • 夜伽 【よとぎ】 attending someone through the night (of a guard, nurse), sleeping with a man (at his bidding), overnight vigil before burial

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
jia1, qie2
Korean:
ga

Spanish

  • asistencia
  • cuidado
  • atención

Portuguese

French

398 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
357 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2014 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
74 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
46 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
49 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
486 Morohashi
159 New Nelson (John Haig)
2115 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2251 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
2a5.12 The Kanji Dictionary
1-2-5 SKIP code
2620.0 Four corner code
1-18-32 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4f3d Unicode hex code