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, 嗔, 𫷊, 愼, 滇, 槇, 𪵆, 瑱, 禛, 䐜, 瞋, 磌, 稹, 𥪧, 縝, 𬜘, 𧷒, 鎭, 𩄠, 𧰊, 𣞟, 𩥄, 𩺘, 黰
• 𧽍, 𦗁, 顚, 鷆, 𬹙, 𠖕, 寘, 𡻗, 𣉮, 𠁒, 鬒, 瘨, 闐, 𡈓, 𣰘

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: 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 modern Chinese and Japanese shinjitai.

Chinese

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

Japanese

Shinjitai	真
Kyūjitai	眞

Kanji

See also:

Category:Japanese terms spelled with 眞

眞

(Jinmeiyō kanji, 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 entry.

【真】3 [kanji] third grade kanji [kanji] truth [kanji] reality [kanji] sincerity [kanji] naturalness [kanji] regular script Kanji reading: しん, ま, まこと, さな, さね, ただ, ただし, なお, のり, まあ, まこ, まさ, まど, まな, まゆ, み, みち, も

(This term, 眞, is the kyūjitai of the above term.)

Korean

Alternative forms

• 真, 𡙊, 𠤛

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 眞 (MC tsyin). 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

Korean Wikisource has texts containing the hanja:

眞

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.
• 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.

Vietnamese

Han character

眞: Hán Nôm readings: chân

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