漢字Kanji · in Action & Movement
誠: sincerity, admonish
Also: warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
JLPT N113 strokesGrade 6Your ink: 白 Not met
言 carries the meaning · 成 gives the sound
13 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
セイsei · on'yomi · in compounds
- 誠意せいいsincerity, good faith
- 忠誠ちゅうせいloyalty, sincerity
- 誠心誠意せいしんせいいin all sincerity
- 誠実なせいじつなsincere, honest, faithful
まことmakoto · kun'yomi · on its own
- 誠まことtruth, faith, fidelity
- 誠にまことにindeed, really, truly
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Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Words flowing from the heart and into the world! The lines radiating upward show the power of the voice as it leaves the mouth.”
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Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side誠 sincerity · 成
vs試 test · 式In ChineseSimplified 诚 · traditional, as in Japanese · chéng
Japan keeps the traditional form 誠; mainland China simplifies it to 诚.
- Simplified
- 诚 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 誠 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin chéng 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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