誠 — sincerity, admonish, warn

まこと誠 sincerity

Grade 6 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 13 strokes

U+8AA0 Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #1128 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #388 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

Meanings

sincerity
admonish
warn
prohibit
truth
fidelity

word

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).

誠(まこと) makoto sincerity 誠(まこと) に makotoni truly

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

誠(せい) 実(じつ) seijitsu sincere 誠(せい) 意(い) seii sincerity 忠(ちゅう) 誠(せい) chuusei loyalty

Appears in idioms

誠心誠意四字熟語

sincerity, heart, sincerity, idea

誠心誠意四字熟語

sincerity, heart, sincerity, idea

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

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せい成 turn into

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