Translingual

Stroke order

Alternative forms

• 眞

Note different forms; traditional is rather like 眞, with 匕 on top, while simplified and Japanese shinjitai instead have a 十 on top. Also, as with related 直 and unrelated 具, in traditional and Japanese the top and bottom are separated – character has two components – while in simplified the top and bottom are connected, and the character forms one component.

Han character

真 (radical 109 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十月一金 (JBMC), four-corner 4080₁, composition ⿱十具)

Derived characters

• 傎 慎 填 搷 滇 槙 縝 謓 鎮 顛

References

• KangXi: page 805, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23236
• Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 249, character 7
• Unihan data for U+771F

Chinese

Glyph origin

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 匕 ‎(“spoon, fork”) + 鼎 ‎(“ancient food vessel”) – using a fork to fetch food from a cauldron. Alternatively, an ancient variant of 貞 (OC *teŋ, “divination”).

Pronunciation

Definitions

真

1. true; genuine; real; actual
   • 那不是真鑽石項鏈，是假的！ [MSC, trad.]
     那不是真钻石项链，是假的！ [MSC, simp.]

     Nà bù shì zhēn zuànshí xiàngliàn, shì jiǎ de! [Pinyin]

     That's not a real diamond necklace, it's just a fake!

   • 那些是真鑽石還是贗品？ [MSC, trad.]
     那些是真钻石还是贗品？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nàxiē shì zhēn zuànshí háishì yànpǐn? [Pinyin]

     Are those real diamonds or only shams?

2. clear; distinct; sharp
3. really; truly; very; quite
   • 今天真熱。 / 今天真热。  ―  Jīntiān zhēn rè.  ―  It's so hot today.
   • 那些演員真了不起。 [MSC, trad.]
     那些演员真了不起。 [MSC, simp.]

     Nàxiē yǎnyuán zhēn lebùqǐ. [Pinyin]

     Those actors are really great.

   • 真的嗎？ / 真的吗？  ―  Zhēn de ma?  ―  Really?
4. portrait; image
5. natural disposition
6. Short for 真書／真书 (“regular script (in Chinese calligraphy)”).

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji)

1. true
2. reality
3. Buddhist sect

Readings

• Goon: しん (shin)
• Kan’on: しん (shin)
• Kun: ま (ma), まこと (makoto), まことに (makotoni)
• Nanori: さな (sana), さね (sane), ただ (tada), ただし (tadashi), なお (nao), のり (nori), まあ (mā), まこ (mako), まさ (masa), まど (mado), まな (mana), まゆ (mayu), みち (michi), も (mo),

Compounds

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• On'yomi
• (Tokyo) し​ん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka - [1])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

Noun

真 ‎(hiragana しん, romaji shin)

1. truth; reality; genuineness

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) ま [mà] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠]

Noun

真 ‎(hiragana ま, romaji ma)

1. just; right; pure; genuine; true; real

Derived terms

• 真土 (まつち) ‎(matsuchi): good quality soil suitable for cultivation

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Kun'yomi
• (Tokyo) まこと [màkótó] (Heiban - [0])^[1][2]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ko̞to̞]

Noun

真 ‎(hiragana まこと, romaji makoto)

1. truth; reality; genuineness

Proper noun

真 ‎(hiragana あつし, romaji Atsushi)

1. Atsushi, a Japanese given name

真 ‎(hiragana こころ, romaji Kokoro)

1. Kokoro, a female Japanese given name

真 ‎(hiragana さな, romaji Sana)

1. Sana, a Japanese surname or female given name

真 ‎(hiragana さねさき, romaji Sanesaki)

1. Sanesaki, a Japanese surname

真 ‎(hiragana しん, romaji Shin)

1. Shin, a Japanese surname or female given name

真 ‎(hiragana しんさき, romaji Shinsaki)

1. Shinsaki, a Japanese surname

真 ‎(hiragana しんざき, romaji Shinzaki)

1. Shinzaki, a Japanese surname

真 ‎(hiragana しんじ, romaji Shinji)

1. Shinji, a Japanese name

真 ‎(hiragana ただし, romaji Tadashi)

1. Tadashi, a Japanese given name

真 ‎(hiragana まお, romaji Mao)

1. Mao, a female Japanese given name

真 ‎(hiragana まがさき, romaji Magasaki)

1. Magasaki, a Japanese surname

真 ‎(hiragana まこ, romaji Mako)

1. Mako, a female Japanese given name

真 ‎(hiragana まこと, romaji Makoto)

1. A male or female given name

真 ‎(hiragana まさ, romaji Masa)

1. Masa, a Japanese name

真 ‎(hiragana まさし, romaji Masashi)

1. Masashi, a Japanese name

真 ‎(hiragana まさつぐ, romaji Masatsugu)

1. Masatsugu, a Japanese name

真 ‎(hiragana ましお, romaji Mashio)

1. Mashio, a Japanese name

真 ‎(hiragana ますみ, romaji Masumi)

1. Masumi, a Japanese name

真 ‎(hiragana まな, romaji Mana)

1. Mana, a female Japanese given name

真 ‎(hiragana まみ, romaji Mami)

1. Mami, a Japanese name

真 ‎(hiragana まやなぎ, romaji Mayanagi)

1. Mayanagi, a Japanese surname

References

1. 1 2 3 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, ISBN 4-385-13905-9
2. 1 2 3 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3

Korean

Hanja

真 • ‎(jin) (hangeul 진, revised jin, McCune-Reischauer chin, Yale cin)

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Vietnamese

Han character

真 (chân, chan, chang, sân)

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