誠
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
- 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
- 誠まこと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)
Words starting with this kanji, most common first.
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Lookup codes
- SKIP
1-7-6- Four Corner
0365.0- Spahn–Hadamitzky
7a6.3- Heisig
- 388
- Nelson
- 4352