漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
真: true, reality
Also: Buddhist sect
JLPT N410 strokesGrade 3Your ink: 白 Not met
十 carries the meaning · 具 is drawn in
10 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 写真しゃしんphotograph
- 真意しんいreal intention
- 真実しんじつtruth
- 真偽しんぎtruth or falsity
まma · kun'yomi · on its own
- 真っ直ぐまっすぐstraight
- 真ん中まんなかmiddle
- 真上まうえjust above
Special readingsThese words are read as a whole, not from the readings above.
- 真面目なまじめなserious
- 真似するまねするimitate
Also read ま-, まこと, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Alternative form of 真.
Source: Wiktionary, 眞 (rev. 93520654), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“See the world through this upright window! This is an eye standing tall.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
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In ChineseSimplified, as in Japanese · traditional 眞 · zhēn
Japan uses the same simplified form as mainland China, 真. Taiwan and Hong Kong write 眞.
- Simplified
- 真 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 眞 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhēn 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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