真

true

Stroke count: 10

Readings

On readingシン

Kun readingま、ま-、まこと

JLPT level: N3 Jōyō Grade 3

Meanings

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彼の真のねらいを理解できない。I fail to understand his true aim.tatoeba
左右どちらが上位であるか以前に真中が上位である。Regardless of whether left or right is ranked higher, the center is the highest.wiki
reality
buddhist sect

truth
genuineness
seriousness
truth

Synonyms

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

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Components

How it's built

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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ten (十) · needle (丨) · eye (目) · tool (斤) · one (一) · animal legs (儿) · eight (八)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 79

Compound words

写真しゃしん

photograph; photo; picture; photography; moving picture

真剣しんけん

serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)

真空しんくう

vacuum; absolute void; complete vacuity

浄土真宗じょうどしんしゅう

Jōdo Shinshū (offshoot of the Jōdo sect); True Pure Land School

菅原道真すがわらのみちざね

Sugawara no Michizane (845–903), Heian-era scholar later deified as Tenjin, the god of learning.

真意しんい

real intention; true motive; true meaning

真価しんか

true value; real worth

真夏まなつ

middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer

真顔まがお

serious look (on one's face); straight face

真偽しんぎ

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

真似まね

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour

真実しんじつ

truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth

真珠しんじゅ

pearl

真上まうえ

right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead

真心まごころ

sincerity; true heart; devotion

真相しんそう

truth; real situation

真冬まふゆ

midwinter; dead of winter

真理しんり

truth

真摯しんし

sincere; earnest; serious

真髄しんずい

essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart

真のしんの

true; real; genuine; proper; utter

写真家しゃしんか

photographer

真っ暗まっくら

pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless

真っ向まっこう

directly opposite; right in front; middle of the forehead; helmet front

On Reading Examples

真は美よりも高し。しん

Truth is more important than beauty.tatoeba

真は美にまさる。しん

Truth is more important than beauty.tatoeba

Kun Reading Examples

彼は真面目な性格だ。まじめ

He is of a serious turn of mind.tatoeba

彼は今日は真面目にしている。まじめ

He is being earnest today.tatoeba

Additional Examples

彼は物事を真剣に考え過ぎる傾向にある。

He tends to consider things too much earnestly.tatoeba

彼は非常に怒って、顔を真っ赤にしていた。

He was so angry, he was red in the face.tatoeba

彼は彼女をだましてそれを真実だと信じさせた。

He cheated her into believing it was true.tatoeba

彼は彼女の手紙と写真をすべて切り裂いた。

He ripped up all her letters and photos.tatoeba

立合は役者同士の真剣勝負である。

Tachiai is a play performed in earnest by players.wiki

しかし、本人は至って真剣であった。

However Atsutane was very serious about it.wiki

法名は言盆真空寂阿大居士。

His homyo (a name given to a person who enters the Buddhist priesthood) is 言盆真空寂阿大居士.wiki

真空包装の物や、無添加であっても要冷蔵の佃煮が多い。

It also comes in vacuum packs and there are even varieties with no additives that require refrigeration.wiki

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