真 — true, reality, buddhist sect

しん真 true

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 10 strokes art quality

U+771F Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #279 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #79 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

true
reality
buddhist sect

word

しん shin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

真(しん) shin truth 写(しゃ) 真(しん) shashin photograph 真(しん) 実(じつ) shinjitsu truth 真(しん) 理(り) shinri truth 真(しん) 相(そう) shinsou truth 真(しん) 空(くう) shinkuu vacuum 真(しん) 意(い) shini true meaning 真(しん) 剣(けん) shinken serious

ま ma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

真(ま) ん中(なか) mannaka middle 真(ま) っ赤(か) makka bright red 真(ま) 夏(なつ) manatsu midsummer 真(ま) 夜(よ) 中(なか) mayonaka midnight 真(ま) っ直(す) ぐ massugu straight 真(ま) 似(ね) mane imitation 真(ま) 似(ね) る maneru to imitate

まこと makoto Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

真(まこと) に makotoni truly

Jukujikun Jukujikun Jukujikun (熟字訓) — special readings where the pronunciation applies to the whole compound word rather than individual kanji. The reading cannot be split per character.

真面目(まじめ) majime serious

まっ ma Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

真(まっ) っ白(しろ) masshiro pure white 真(まっ) っ暗(くら) makkura pitch dark 真(まっ) っ先(さき) massaki first of all 真(まっ) っ黒(くろ) makkuro pitch black 真(まっ) っ ma completely

Appears in idioms

正真正銘四字熟語

correct, true, correct, inscription

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

じゅう十 ten #24

ぐ具 tool

め目 eye #109

眞 true

はち八 eight #12

Used as component in (2)

しん慎 humility しずめる鎮 tranquilize

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#109 目 eye