誠

See also 诚

Translingual

Han character

誠 (radical 149 言+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈竹尸 (YRIHS), four-corner 0365₀)

1. sincere, honest
2. true, real

References

• KangXi: page 1163, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35497
• Dae Jaweon: page 1628, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 6, page 3963, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8AA0

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Cantonese

Hanzi

誠 (simplified 诚, Yale sing4)

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Japanese

Kanji

誠 (grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: せい (sei), じょう (jō)
• Kun: まこと (makoto), まことに (makotoni)

Compounds

• 誠実 (せいじつ, seijitsu)
• 誠心 (せいしん, seishin)
• 誠意 (せいい, seii)

Proper noun

誠 (hiragana まこと, romaji Makoto)

1. A male given name

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Korean

Hanja

誠 (hangeul 성, revised seong, McCune-Reischauer sŏng, Yale seng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

誠 (simplified 诚, pinyin chéng (cheng2), Wade-Giles ch'eng²)

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Middle Chinese

Han character

誠 (*zhiɛng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

誠 (thành, thiêng)