誠
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Han character
誠 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈竹尸 (YRIHS), four-corner 03650, composition ⿰訁成)
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1163, character 12
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35497
- Dae Jaweon: page 1628, character 6
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3963, character 5
- Unihan data for U+8AA0
- Unihan data for U+2F9CF
Glyph origin
| Historical forms of the character 誠 |
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| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
| Small seal script |
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djeŋ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 成 (OC *djeŋ).
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- Cantonese
- Hakka
- Northern Min (KCR): chěng
- Eastern Min (BUC): sìng
- Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing2
- Southern Min
- Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zen
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
- Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
- Wade–Giles: chʻêng2
- Yale: chéng
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
- Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: sing4
- Yale: sìhng
- Cantonese Pinyin: sing4
- Guangdong Romanization: xing4
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɪŋ²¹/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
- Wiktionary: sen3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sen²²/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
- Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ
- Hagfa Pinyim: sin2
- Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
- Hakka Romanization System: shin
- Sinological IPA: /ʃin⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
- Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
- Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chěng
- Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰeiŋ²¹/
- (Jian'ou)
- Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
- Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng
- Sinological IPA (key): /siŋ⁵³/
- (Fuzhou)
- Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Pouseng Ping'ing: sing2
- Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiŋ¹³/
- (Putian, Xianyou)
- Southern Min
Note:
- chiâⁿ - vernacular;
- sêng - literary.
- Middle Chinese: dzyeng
- Old Chinese
- (Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ/
- (Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ/
Definitions
誠
- sincere; honest; true; genuine
- indeed; truly; really
- (literary) if
- 趙誠發使尊秦昭王為帝，秦必喜，罷兵去。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5th – 3rd centuries BCE
- Zhào chéng fā shǐ zūn Qín Zhāowáng wèi dì, Qín bì xǐ, bàbīng qù. [Pinyin]
- If Zhao dispatches messengers to honor King Zhao of Qin as the di, Qin will certainly be pleased, and will stop fighting and leave.
赵诚发使尊秦昭王为帝，秦必喜，罢兵去。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]- 楚誠能絕齊，秦願獻商、於之地六百里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE
- Chǔ chéng néng jué Qí, qín yuàn xiàn Shāng, Yú zhī dì liù bǎi lǐ. [Pinyin]
- If Chu can sever ties with Qi, Qin will offer Chu the 600 lis of land between Shang and Yu.
楚诚能绝齐，秦愿献商、于之地六百里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (Southern Min) very
Compounds
- 一片至誠／一片至诚
- 中誠／中诚
- 丹誠／丹诚 (dānchéng)
- 丹誠不泯／丹诚不泯
- 丹誠相許／丹诚相许
- 主敬存誠／主敬存诚
- 坦誠／坦诚 (tǎnchéng)
- 實誠／实诚 (shíchéng)
- 專誠／专诚 (zhuānchéng)
- 微誠／微诚
- 心悅誠服／心悦诚服 (xīnyuèchéngfú)
- 心虔志誠／心虔志诚
- 心誠意潔／心诚意洁
- 志誠／志诚
- 志誠君子／志诚君子
- 忠誠／忠诚 (zhōngchéng)
- 悃誠／悃诚 (kǔnchéng)
- 愚誠／愚诚
- 投誠／投诚 (tóuchéng)
- 抱誠守真／抱诚守真
- 推誠布信／推诚布信
- 推誠布公／推诚布公
- 推誠待物／推诚待物
- 推誠愛物／推诚爱物
- 推誠接物／推诚接物
- 推誠相見／推诚相见
- 推誠置腹／推诚置腹
- 摯誠／挚诚
- 攄誠／摅诚
- 效誠／效诚
- 樸訥誠篤／朴讷诚笃
- 正心誠意／正心诚意
- 歸誠／归诚
- 殫誠畢慮／殚诚毕虑
- 沒實誠／没实诚
- 熱誠／热诚 (rèchéng)
- 盡心竭誠／尽心竭诚
- 盡節竭誠／尽节竭诚
- 盡誠竭節／尽诚竭节
- 真心誠意／真心诚意 (zhēnxīnchéngyì)
- 真誠／真诚 (zhēnchéng)
- 真誠相見／真诚相见
- 竭誠／竭诚 (jiéchéng)
- 竭誠歡迎／竭诚欢迎
- 竭誠盡節／竭诚尽节
- 精誠／精诚 (jīngchéng)
- 精誠團結／精诚团结
- 精誠貫日／精诚贯日
- 老誠／老诚
- 至意誠心／至意诚心
- 至誠／至诚 (zhìchéng)
- 至誠無昧／至诚无昧
- 至誠高節／至诚高节
- 虔誠／虔诚 (qiánchéng)
- 血誠／血诚
- 衷誠／衷诚
- 親愛精誠／亲爱精诚
- 誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
- 誠信原則／诚信原则
- 誠可格天／诚可格天
- 誠壹／诚壹
- 誠實／诚实 (chéngshí)
- 誠心／诚心 (chéngxīn)
- 誠心敬意／诚心敬意
- 誠心正意／诚心正意
- 誠心誠意／诚心诚意 (chéngxīnchéngyì)
- 誠恐／诚恐 (chéngkǒng)
- 誠恐誠惶／诚恐诚惶 (chéngkǒngchénghuáng)
- 誠悃／诚悃
- 誠意／诚意 (chéngyì)
- 誠惶誠恐／诚惶诚恐 (chénghuángchéngkǒng)
- 誠惶誠懼／诚惶诚惧
- 誠懇／诚恳 (chéngkěn)
- 誠摯／诚挚 (chéngzhì)
- 誠敬／诚敬
- 誠樸／诚朴 (chéngpǔ)
- 誠然／诚然 (chéngrán)
- 誠篤／诚笃 (chéngdǔ)
- 誠素／诚素
- 誠讜／诚谠
- 賈誠／贾诚
- 赤誠／赤诚 (chìchéng)
- 輸誠／输诚 (shūchéng)
- 通誠／通诚
- 鄙誠／鄙诚
- 銜哀致誠／衔哀致诚
- 開心見誠／开心见诚
- 開誠布公／开诚布公 (kāichéngbùgōng)
- 閑邪存誠／闲邪存诚
- 願寘誠念／愿寘诚念
Synonyms
- (very):
- (if):
References
- “Entry #10084”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.
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