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誠
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇯🇵🇰🇷
诚
🇨🇳

sincere

HSK 10 N1
Abstract →Qualities
chéng
セイ
まこと
성
Phonosemantic compound. 言 represents the meaning and 成 represents the sound.
Components
Traditional (誠)
言 say+ 成 turn into =
誠 sincere
言 Meaning component
yán say
words, speech
成 Phonetic component
chéng turn into
completed, finished, fixed
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Simplified (诚)
讠 speech+ 成 turn into =
诚 sincere
讠 Meaning component
yán speech
KangXi radical 149
讠 is a component form of 言.
成 Phonetic component
chéng turn into
completed, finished, fixed
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Notes
Similar Characters
唁 express condolence善 virtuous狺 the snarling of dogs謠 rumor (trad)這 this (trad)信 faith獄 prison (trad/jp)罰 penalize (trad/jp)訂 place an order (trad/jp)訃 obituary (trad/jp)訇 the sound of a crash計 plan (trad/jp)訌 confusion (trad)討 condemn (trad/jp)訓 instruction (trad/jp)訕 slander (trad)訖 stop (trad)託 entrust (trad/jp)記 remember (trad/jp)訚 speak (simp)
Historical Evolution
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)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
誠
Regular
Modern
Chinese
诚 / 誠 [chéng]
sincere; authentic; really; truly
Japanese
誠 、 真 、 実 まこと 同音
  1. noun truth; reality; fact
  2. noun sincerity; honesty; faithfulness; good faith
  3. adverb dated indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (2)
嘘から出た誠。
Many a true word is spoken in jest.
手八丁口八丁の彼だけど、誠がないのが玉に疵だね。
He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.
Japanese Names
誠 あきら
Akira given name
誠 すみたか
Sumitaka unclassified name
誠 すみと
Sumito unclassified name
誠 せい
Sei given name
誠 せいじ
Seiji unclassified name
誠 そん
Son given name
誠 たかし
Takashi given name
誠 ただし
Tadashi given name
誠 のぶ
Nobu given name
誠 まかと
Makato given name
誠 まこ
Mako female given name
誠 まこと
Makoto female given namesurname
誠 まさ
Masa unclassified name
誠 まさかつ
Masakatsu unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (50)
诚实 [chéng​shí] #2,427
honest
忠诚 [zhōng​chéng] #2,890
devoted
真诚 [zhēn​chéng] #4,520
true
坦诚 [tǎn​chéng] #5,647
candid
虔诚 [qián​chéng] #6,351
pious
诚意 [chéng​yì] #10,530
sincerity
诚恳 [chéng​kěn] #11,101
sincere
诚挚 [chéng​zhì] #13,190
sincere
开诚布公 [kāi​chéng​bù​gōng] #9,625
lit. deal sincerely and fairly (idiom); frank and open-minded
诚心 [chéng​xīn] #17,718
sincerity
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JAPANESE WORDS (30)
⭐ 誠実 [せいじつ] #6,066
sincere
⭐ 誠に [まことに] #7,002
indeed
⭐ 誠意 [せいい] #7,574
sincerity
⭐ 真 [しん] #8,402
truth
⭐ 忠誠 [ちゅうせい] #11,954
loyalty
忠誠を誓う [ちゅうせいをちかう] #12,916
to pledge allegiance
忠誠心 [ちゅうせいしん] #13,880
loyalty
誠心誠意 [せいしんせいい] #19,570
in all sincerity
不誠実 [ふせいじつ] #22,601
insincerity
⭐ 丹精 [たんせい] #32,262
working earnestly
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KOREAN WORDS (9)
충성 #5,253
loyalty; allegiance; fidelity
성의 #32,037
sincerity
충성심 #44,050
loyalty; allegiance; fidelity
불성실
insincerity
성실
faithfulness; sincerity
성심
sincerity
정성
heart
지성
devotion; dedication
효성
filial devotion