真

In simplified and traditional Chinese, the 目 component is connected to the horizontal line below it whereas, in Japanese and Korean, 目 is separate from that line.

The Kangxi dictionary lists 真 as the unorthodox form (俗字) of 眞. However, the traditional Kangxi form 眞, with 匕 on top, is rarely used nowadays. In modern times (except in Korea), 真 is more commonly used in both traditional and simplified Chinese scripts as well as Japanese shinjitai.

真 (radical 109, 目+5, 10 strokes, cangjie input 十月一金 (JBMC), four-corner 4080₁, composition ⿱十具)

• 傎 慎 填 搷 滇 槙 縝 謓 鎮 顛

• 眞 (Original form of 真)

• KangXi: page 805, character 1
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 23236
• Dae Jaweon: page 1221, character 1
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 249, character 7
• Unihan data for U+771F

Historical forms of the character 真
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Ideogrammic compound (會意) : 匕 (“spoon, fork”) + 鼎 (“ancient food vessel”) – using a fork to fetch food from a cauldron. Alternatively, an ancient variant of 貞 (OC *teŋ, “divination”).

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Tibetan [script needed] (bden-pa, “true”). Possibly connected with 貞 (OC *teŋ) (Schuessler, 2007)

真

1. true; genuine; real; actual

   • 那不是真鑽石項鏈，是假的！ [MSC, trad.]
     那不是真钻石项链，是假的！ [MSC, simp.]

     Nà bù shì zhēn zuànshí xiàngliàn, shì jiǎ de! [Pinyin]

     That's not a real diamond necklace, it's just a fake!

   • 那些是真鑽石還是贗品？ [MSC, trad.]
     那些是真钻石还是赝品？ [MSC, simp.]

     Nàxiē shì zhēn zuànshí háishì yànpǐn? [Pinyin]

     Are those real diamonds or only shams?

2. clear; distinct; sharp
3. really; truly; very; quite
   • 今天真熱。 / 今天真热。  ―  Jīntiān zhēn rè.  ―  It's so hot today.

   • 那些演員真了不起。 [MSC, trad.]
     那些演员真了不起。 [MSC, simp.]

     Nà xiē yǎnyuán zhēn liǎobuqǐ [Pinyin]

     Those actors are really great.

   • 真的嗎？ / 真的吗？  ―  Zhēn de ma?  ―  Really?
4. portrait; image
5. natural disposition
6. (Chinese calligraphy) Short for 真書／真书 (zhēnshū, “regular script”).

• 　“Entry #6396”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 眞)

1. true
2. reality
3. Buddhist sect

• Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
• Kun: ま (ma, 真, Jōyō); まこと (makoto, 真)
• Nanori: さな (sana); さね (sane); ただ (tada); ただし (tadashi); なお (nao); のり (nori); まあ (mā); まこ (mako); まさ (masa); まど (mado); まな (mana); まゆ (mayu); み (mi); みち (michi); も (mo)

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) し​ん [shíꜜǹ] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ɕĩɴ]

真 (hiragana しん, rōmaji shin)

1. truth; reality; genuineness

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) ま [mà] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠]

真 (hiragana ま, rōmaji ma)

1. just; right; pure; genuine; true; real

• 真 (ま)土 (つち) (matsuchi): good quality soil suitable for cultivation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) まこと [màkótó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [ma̠ko̞to̞]

真 (hiragana まこと, rōmaji makoto)

1. truth; reality; genuineness

真 (hiragana あつし, rōmaji Atsushi, alternative reading しんじ, rōmaji Shinji, alternative reading ただし, rōmaji Tadashi, alternative reading まさし, rōmaji Masashi, alternative reading まさつぐ, rōmaji Masatsugu)

1. A male given name

真 (hiragana こころ, rōmaji Kokoro, alternative reading まお, rōmaji Mao, alternative reading まこ, rōmaji Mako, alternative reading まな, rōmaji Mana)

1. A female given name

真 (hiragana さな, rōmaji Sana, alternative reading しん, rōmaji Shin)

1. A surname​.
2. A female given name

真 (hiragana さねさき, rōmaji Sanesaki, alternative reading まがさき, rōmaji Magasaki, alternative reading しんさき, rōmaji Shinsaki, alternative reading しんざき, rōmaji Shinzaki, alternative reading まやなぎ, rōmaji Mayanagi)

1. A surname​.

真 (hiragana まこと, rōmaji Makoto, alternative reading まみ, rōmaji Mami, alternative reading ますみ, rōmaji Masumi)

1. A unisex given name

真 (hiragana まさ, rōmaji Masa)

1. Masa, a Japanese name

真 (hiragana ましお, rōmaji Mashio)

1. Mashio, a Japanese name

真 • (jin) (hangeul 진)

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真 (chân, chan, chang, sân)

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