真 — kanji meaning “true”
真
true, reality, Buddhist sect
- Meanings
- true, reality, Buddhist sect
- On'yomi
- シン (shin)
- Kun'yomi
- ま、ま-、まこと
- Name readings
- さな、さね、ただ、ただし、なお、のり
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #279 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 109
- Chinese reading
- zhēn — Chinese character page
Words with 真
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 写真 | しゃしん shashin | photograph; photo; picture |
| 真実 | しんじつ shinjitsu | truth; reality |
| 真ん中 | まんなか mannaka | middle; centre; center |
| 真相 | しんそう shinsou | truth; real situation |
| 真理 | しんり shinri | truth |
| 真剣 | しんけん shinken | serious; earnest |
| 真っ赤 | まっか makka | bright red; deep red; flushed (of face) |
| 真夏 | まなつ manatsu | middle of summer; height of summer; midsummer |
| 真面目 | まじめ majime | serious; earnest; sober |
| 真っ暗 | まっくら makkura | pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark |
| 真っ先 | まっさき massaki | the head; the foremost; beginning |
| 真っ白 | まっしろ masshiro | pure white |
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