諦 — kanji meaning “truth”
諦
truth, clarity, abandon, give up
- Meanings
- truth, clarity, abandon, give up
- On'yomi
- テイ (tei)、タイ (tai)
- Kun'yomi
- あきら.める、つまびらか、まこと
- Strokes
- 16
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #2457 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 149
- Chinese reading
- dì — Chinese character page
Words with 諦
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 諦める | あきらめる akirameru | to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to) |
| 諦め | あきらめ akirame | resignation; acceptance; consolation |
| 諦観 | ていかん teikan | clear insight |
| 諦念 | ていねん teinen | understanding and acceptance; spiritual awakening; a heart that understands truth |
| 要諦 | ようてい youtei | (most) important point; key point; key |
| 四諦 | したい shitai | The Four Noble Truths |
| 俗諦 | ぞくたい zokutai | conventional truth |
| 真諦 | しんたい shintai | ultimate truth |
| 諦めつく | あきらめつく akirametsuku | to resign oneself (to); to reconcile oneself (to); to accept (e.g. defeat) |
| 三諦 | さんたい santai | threefold truth (all things are void; all things are temporary; all things are in the middle state between these two) (in Tendai) |
| 仮諦 | けたい ketai | truth of temporariness (holding that all things are temporary) |
| 空諦 | くうたい kuutai | truth of emptiness (holding that all things are void) |
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