誠 — kanji meaning “sincerity”
誠
sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
- Meanings
- sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity
- On'yomi
- セイ (sei)
- Kun'yomi
- まこと
- Name readings
- きよ、さと、しげ、とも、のぶ、ま
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- 6
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1128 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 149
- Chinese reading
- chéng — Chinese character page
Words with 誠
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 誠実 | せいじつ seijitsu | sincere; honest; faithful |
| 誠に | まことに makotoni | really; truly; very |
| 誠意 | せいい seii | sincerity; good faith |
| 忠誠 | ちゅうせい chuusei | loyalty; sincerity; allegiance |
| 誠心 | せいしん seishin | sincerity |
| 至誠 | しせい shisei | sincerity; devotion |
| 不誠実 | ふせいじつ fuseijitsu | insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness |
| 熱誠 | ねっせい nessei | earnestness |
| 誠心誠意 | せいしんせいい seishinseii | in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion |
| 不誠意 | ふせいい fuseii | insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness |
| 誠忠 | せいちゅう seichuu | loyalty |
| 赤誠 | せきせい sekisei | sincerity; true heart; devotion |
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