眞

See also: 真

眞 U+771E, 眞 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-771E ← 眝 [U+771D] CJK Unified Ideographs 真 → [U+771F]

眞 U+2F945, 眞 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F945 ← 𥄳 [U+2F944] CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 真 → [U+2F946]

Translingual

Stroke order

Traditional	真
Simplified	真
Japanese	真
Korean	眞

Glyph origin

Alternative form of 真.

Han character

眞 (Kangxi radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 心月山金 (PBUC), composition ⿳匕⿺𠃊目八)

Derived characters

• 傎 塡 愼 滇 槇 瑱 瞋 磌 縝 鎭 顚 鷆 寘 𡻗 闐

References

• KangXi: page 804, character 18
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23235
• Dae Jaweon: page 1220, character 12
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 249, character 12
• Unihan data for U+771E

• Unihan data for U+2F945

Usage notes

The Kangxi dictionary lists 真 as the unorthodox form (俗字) of 眞. 真 is more commonly used in simplified Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 眞 – see 真 (“true; genuine; real; actual; clear; distinct; sharp; etc.”). (This character, 眞, is a variant form of 真.)

Japanese

Shinjitai	真
Kyūjitai	眞

Kanji

眞

(“Jinmeiyō” kanji used for names, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 真)

1. Kyūjitai form of 真: truth, reality

Readings

• Go-on: しん (shin)
• Kan-on: しん (shin)
• Kun: ま (ma, 眞); まこと (makoto, 眞)
• Nanori: さな (sana); さね (sane); ち (chi); まこ (mako); まさ (masa); まつ (matsu)

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 眞 – see the following entries.

【真しん】3 [noun] truth, reality [affix] truth, reality, genuineness [affix] natural, pristine [affix] complete, wholly [affix] regular script (楷書, kaisho) [affix] (logic) a true statement [proper noun] a surname [proper noun] a female given name 【真まこと】3 [noun] truth, reality, genuineness [adverb] absolutely, really [interjection] used for recalling information previously forgotten or sudden change of subjects: that's right [proper noun] a male or female given name Alternative spellings 実, 誠 【真あつし】3 [proper noun] a male given name 【真ただし】3 [proper noun] a male given name 【真まさし】3 [proper noun] a male given name 【ま】H [noun] [from 712] 真: the truth, reality, genuineness [prefix] [from 720] 真: real, genuine [prefix] [from 759] 真: pure, unadulterated [prefix] [from 1595] 真: definitely, certainly, exactly, precisely, directly [prefix] [date unknown] 真: true, real, main (appended to words for animals or plants to indicate the representative type) [prefix] [from 759] 真: (archaic, possibly obsolete, honorific) great, excellent

(This term, 眞, is an alternative spelling of the above terms.)

Korean

Alternative forms

• 真

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 眞 (MC t͡ɕiɪn). Recorded as Middle Korean 진 (cin) (Yale: cin) in Sinjeung Yuhap (新增類合 / 신증유합), 1576.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [t͡ɕin]
• Phonetic hangul: [진]

Hanja

Wikisource

眞, eumhun 참 진 (cham jin)

1. Hanja form^? of 진 (“truth”).
2. Hanja form^? of 진 (“a surname.”).

Compounds

Compounds

• 진짜 (眞짜, jinjja, “really”)
• 진지 (眞摯, jinji, “sincerity”)
• 진실 (眞實, jinsil, “truth”)
• 진상 (眞相, jinsang, “reality”)
• 진위 (眞僞, jinwi, “authenticity”)
• 진심 (眞心, jinsim, “sincerity, earnestness”)
• 진리 (眞理, jilli, “truth”)
• 순진 (純眞, sunjin, “naivety”)
• 진솔 (眞率, jinsol, “sincerity”)
• 진정 (眞正, jinjeong, “really, truly”)
• 진공 (眞空, jin'gong, “vacuum”)
• 여진 (女眞, ^yeojin, “Jurchen”)
• 사진 (寫眞, sajin, “photograph, picture”)
• 사진기 (寫眞機, sajin'gi, “camera”)
• 청사진 (靑寫眞, cheongsajin, “blueprint”)
• 폐가입진 (廢假立眞, pyegaipjin)

References

• 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전／電子字典. [1]
• Supreme Court of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 대법원, Daehanmin'guk Daebeobwon) (2018). Table of hanja for personal names (인명용 한자표 / 人名用漢字表, Inmyeong-yong hanja-pyo), page 40. [2]

Vietnamese

Han character

眞: Hán Nôm readings: chân

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