忠 — kanji meaning “loyalty”
忠
loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness
- Meanings
- loyalty, fidelity, faithfulness
- On'yomi
- チュウ (chuu)
- Kun'yomi
- —
- Name readings
- きよし、たた、ただ、ただし、なお
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1113 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 61
- Chinese reading
- zhōng — Chinese character page
Words with 忠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 忠実 | ちゅうじつ chuujitsu | faithful; devoted; loyal |
| 忠告 | ちゅうこく chuukoku | advice; warning |
| 忠義 | ちゅうぎ chuugi | loyalty; devotion |
| 忠誠 | ちゅうせい chuusei | loyalty; sincerity; allegiance |
| 忠実 | まめ mame | diligent; hardworking; conscientious |
| 忠臣 | ちゅうしん chuushin | loyal retainer; loyal subject |
| 忠孝 | ちゅうこう chuukou | loyalty and filial piety |
| 忠臣蔵 | ちゅうしんぐら chuushingura | (story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura |
| 忠信 | ちゅうしん chuushin | faithfulness; devotion |
| 不忠 | ふちゅう fuchuu | disloyalty; infidelity |
| 忠節 | ちゅうせつ chuusetsu | loyalty; allegiance; fidelity |
| 忠魂碑 | ちゅうこんひ chuukonhi | monument to the faithful who died in battle |
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