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Kanji Information Sheet for 真 ( PDF version )
English: true reality Buddhist sect | On-Yomi: シン | Kun-Yomi: ま ま- まこと さな さね ただ ただし なお のり まあ まこ まさ まっ まど まな まゆ みち も |
Bushu (Radical) Info:
十 (じゅう) – cross
目 (め) – eye
十 (じゅう) – cross
目 (め) – eye
Henshall Mnemonic: it's true that equipment is in ten pieces
Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #279 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #279 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N5 Words
- 真っ直ぐ [まっすぐ]
(adj-na,adv,n) straight (ahead); direct; upright; erect; honest; frank [K] [D] [Jisho] - 写真 [しゃしん]
(n) photograph [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N4 Words
- 真面目 [まじめ]
(adj-na,n) diligent; serious; honest [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真ん中 [まんなか]
(n) middle; centre; mid-way [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N3 Words
- 真っ赤 [まっか]
(adj-na,n) deep red; flushed (of face) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真逆 [まさか]
(adv) (uk) by no means [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真剣 [しんけん]
(adj-na,n) (1) seriousness; earnestness; (2) real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真似 [まね]
(n) mimicry; imitation; behavior; pretense [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 真っ暗 [まっくら]
(adj-na,n) total darkness; shortsightedness; pitch dark [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真っ黒 [まっくろ]
(adj-na,n) pitch black [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真っ青 [まっさお]
(adj-na,n) deep blue; ghastly pale [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真っ先 [まっさき]
(n) the head; the foremost; beginning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真っ白 [まっしろ]
(adj-na,n) pure white [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真空 [しんくう]
(adj-na,n) vacuum; hollow; empty [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真似る [まねる]
(v1) to mimic; to imitate [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 真相 [しんそう]
(n) truth; real situation [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真理 [しんり]
(n) truth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真っ二つ [まっぷたつ]
(n) in two equal parts [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真実 [しんじつ]
(adj-na,adv,n) truth; reality [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真珠 [しんじゅ]
(n) pearl [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真上 [まうえ]
(n) just above; right overhead [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真心 [まごころ]
(n) sincerity; devotion [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 真冬 [まふゆ]
(n-adv,n-t) midwinter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 浄土真宗 [じょうどしんしゅう]
Jodo Shinshu (offshoot of the Jodo sect) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真夜中 [まよなか]
(n-adv,n-t) dead of night; midnight [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真摯 [しんし]
(adj-na,n) sincerity; earnestness [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真 [しん]
(adj-na,n) (1) truth; reality; genuineness; (2) Buddhist sect originating in the thirteenth century [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真っ向 [まっこう]
(n) brow; front; helmet front [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真っ最中 [まっさいちゅう]
(n-adv,n) midst; middle of; height of [K] [D] [Jisho] - 青写真 [あおじゃしん]
(n) blueprint; plan [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真の [しんの]
(adj-pn) true; real; genuine; utter [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真ん丸 [まんまる]
(adj-na,n) perfect circle [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真意 [しんい]
(n) real intention; true motive; true meaning [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真価 [しんか]
(n) true value; real worth [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真夏 [まなつ]
(n-adv,n-t) midsummer [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真顔 [まがお]
(n) serious look [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真偽 [しんぎ]
(n) truth or error; authenticity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真四角 [ましかく]
(adj-na,n) square [K] [D] [Jisho] - 写真集 [しゃしんしゅう]
collection of photographs; photoalbum [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真珠湾 [しんじゅわん]
Pearl Harbour [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真新しい [まあたらしい]
(adj) brand new [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真髄 [しんずい]
(n) true meaning; mystery; essence; quintessence; soul; core; kernel; life blood [K] [D] [Jisho] - 真正面 [ましょうめん]
(n) directly opposite; right in front [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.