誠 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • セイElem.
Kun (native)
  • まことJHS
Nanori (used in names)
  • きよ
  • さと
  • しげ
  • とも
  • のぶ
  • まこ
  • まさ
Other languages
  • 拼音cheng2
  • 한글seong
  • Hán-ViệtThành

Labels show the school stage at which each Jōyō reading is taught.

Basics

Strokes
13 strokes
Radical
言(げん)
JIS level
Level 1
JLPT (old scale)
Level 1
Unicode
U+8AA0

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰言成

Words using this kanji

  • 誠にまことにreally, truly, very, extremely
  • 誠意せいい私利を捨てて、自分の良心のままに物事に当たる気持ち。sincerity, good faith
  • 誠実せいじつ言葉や行動に嘘がなく、心がこもっていること。sincere, honest, faithful
  • まことtruth, reality, fact, sincerity
  • 誠にありがとうございますまことにありがとうございますthank you very much
  • 誠心せいしんsincerity
  • 誠忠せいちゅう誠意のこもった忠義であること。また、そのようなさま。loyalty
  • 誠情せいじょうsincerity
  • 誠心誠意せいしんせいい真心を尽くすこと。(副詞的に)真心を持って。in all sincerity, with one's whole heart, whole-hearted devotion
  • 誠照寺派じょうしょうじはJōshōji sect (of Shin Buddhism)
  • 誠を尽くすまことをつくすto do with sincerity
  • 誠にもってまことにもってin all sincerity, truthfully, honestly
  • 誠文堂新光社せいぶんどうしんこうしゃSeibundo Shinkosha (publishing company based in Tokyo)

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Lookup codes

SKIP
1-7-6
Four Corner
0365.0
Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a6.3
Heisig
388
Nelson
4352