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實
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇰🇷
实
🇨🇳
実
🇯🇵

reality

HSK 10 N2
Nature →Plants
shí
ジツ、シツ
み、みの.る、まこと、みの、みち.る
실
Depicts a string of money (貫) under a roof (宀). Based on the original meaning "rich; plentiful". The meaning later expanded to "solid", "fruit", and "true".
Components
Traditional (實)
宀 roof+ 貫 pierce =
實 reality
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
貫 Meaning component
pierce
Simplified (实)
宀 roof+ 头 top =
实 real
宀 Meaning component
mián roof
头 Simplified component
tóu top
head
Shorthand for the 貫 component in the traditional character 實.
Japanese (実)
宀 roof =
実 reality
宀
宀
roof
Notes
Similar Characters
字 character宄 a traitor宅 residence宇 eaves完 finish宏 magnificent宓 silent宕 stone quarry宗 religion官 bureaucrat宙 universe定 settle on宛 winding实 real (simp)宠 concubine (simp)审 investigate (simp)客 guest宣 proclaim室 room宥 pardon
Historical Evolution
Bronze Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Bronze
Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Seal Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Seal
Xin dynasty (9-23 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
实
Regular
Modern
Chinese
实 / 實 [shí]
real; true; honest; really; solid; fruit; seed; definitely
Japanese
実 じつ 、 じち 同音

noun

  1. truth; reality
  2. sincerity; honesty; fidelity
  3. content; substance
  4. (good) result
実 、 子 (rare) み 同音

noun

  1. fruit; nut
  2. seed
  3. (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.
  4. content; substance
実 、 核 さね 同音

noun

  1. seed (of a fruit); pit; pip; stone
  2. architecture tongue (projecting strip on a board that fits into a groove on another board)
  3. clitoris
  4. archaic core; kernel; heart
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (3)
生物は、実がついにそのうちの１つにわかり始めるまで、３０億年以上の間、全くその理由を知らずに地球上に存在していた。
Living organisms had existed on earth, without ever knowing why, for over three thousand million years before the truth finally dawned on one of them.
名を捨てて実を取る。
Profit is better than fame.
男の子たちが、私の柿の木になっている熟した実を全部持ち去ってしまった。
Some boys made away with all the ripe fruits on my persimmon tree.
Japanese Names
実 さね
Sane surname
実 じつ
Jitsu given name
実 じつさき
Jitsusaki surname
実 ちか
Chika female given name
実 まこと
Makoto female given name
実 みのり
Minori female given name
実 みのる
Minoru male given namefemale given name
實 さね
Sane surname
實 さねさき
Sanesaki surname
實 じつ
Jitsu surname
實 ひろし
Hiroshi unclassified name
實 まこと
Makoto unclassified name
實 みのる
Minoru surnamemale given name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
其实 [qí​shí] #476
actually
确实 [què​shí] #440
indeed
实现 [shí​xiàn] #1,931
to achieve
事实 [shì​shí] #644
fact
事实上 [shì​shí​shàng] #602
in fact
实际上 [shí​jì​shàng] #718
in fact
实在 [shí​zài] #904
really
实施 [shí​shī] #4,601
to implement
真实 [zhēn​shí] #1,050
true
现实 [xiàn​shí] #1,292
reality
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 実は [じつは] #595
as a matter of fact
⭐ 事実 [じじつ] #649
fact
⭐ 現実 [げんじつ] #866
reality
⭐ 実際 [じっさい] #1,062
reality
実際に [じっさいに] #1,104
actually
⭐ 確実 [かくじつ] #1,128
certain
⭐ 真実 [しんじつ] #1,599
truth
⭐ 実に [じつに] #1,772
indeed
⭐ 実力 [じつりょく] #2,102
(real) ability
⭐ 実家 [じっか] #2,274
(one's parents') home
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KOREAN WORDS (48)
사실 #322
fact
실제 #3,081
truth; actual state
실험 #5,452
test; trial
실력 #8,804
ability; capability
사실상 #9,022
being actual; being as a matter of fact; being virtual
실행 #9,986
practice; execution
진실 #11,393
truth
실시 #12,495
execution; operation; enforcement
현실 #13,150
reality
실험실 #13,519
laboratory
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