The kanji 真: meaning, readings and stroke order

真

Meaning: true, middle
On reading: シン shin
Kun reading: ま ma
Strokes: 10
Radical: 目 eye
Level: Level 3 · grade 3
Old form: 眞

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thật, chính giữa (chân)
Japanese: ほんとう。まんなか。
Korean: 참, 한가운데 (진)
Chinese: 真、正中

Readings, words and example sentences

シン shin · on reading

真しん実じつ
truth
真しん実じつを話してください。
Please tell the truth.

ま ma · kun reading

真まん中なか
the very middle
へやの 真ん中まんなかに立ちます。
I stand in the middle of the room.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.