Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Structures & Home

実: reality, truth

Also: seed, fruit, nut

JLPT N38 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met

宀 carries the meaning · 𡗗 is drawn in

8 strokes

Three readings, and the words that use each

ジツjitsu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 実はじつはas a matter of fact
  • 実力じつりょくreal ability
  • 事実じじつfact
  • 確実なかくじつなcertain
  • 誠実なせいじつなsincere
  • 実現するじつげんするrealize (a project or goal)
  • 実験するじっけんするexperiment [v.t.]
  • 実際じっさいin fact, in practice

みmi · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 木の実きのみnut

みのるminoru · kun'yomi

  • 実るみのるbear fruit

Also read シツ, まこと, みの, みちる, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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Where it comes from

Origin · sourced

Ideogrammic compound (會意)宀 roof + 周 carved jade + 貝 shellfish; cowrie

Source: Wiktionary, 實 (rev. 93793780), CC BY-SA 4.0

Memory story · made up to help you remember

“Under one roof! Imagine the safety and warmth of a sturdy house at the end of a long day.”
More in the 宀 roof story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
宀

Also built on roof (宀)

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𡗗

Also built on 𡗗

Also read ジツ

1 kanji shares this on'yomi

Also read シツ

10 kanji share this on'yomi

Easy to confuse

The difference, side by side
実 reality · 宀
vs奉 observance · 丨
実 has 宀 where 奉 has 丨.
In ChineseSimplified 实 · traditional 實 · shí

Three different forms: Japanese 実, simplified 实, traditional 實.

Simplified
实 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
實 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin shí most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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