The kanji 誠: meaning, readings and stroke order

誠

Meaning: sincere, true
On reading: セイ sei
Kun reading: まこと makoto
Strokes: 13
Radical: 言 speech
Level: Level 6 · grade 6

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: thành thật, chân thành (thành)
Japanese: まごころ。うそがないこと。
Korean: 정성, 참됨 (성)
Chinese: 真诚、诚实 (诚)

Readings, words and example sentences

セイ sei · on reading · less common

誠せい実じつ
honest, sincere
誠せい実じつな人だと思います。
I think that person is honest and true.

まこと makoto · kun reading · less common

誠まこと
sincerity, from the heart
誠まことをこめて手紙を書きます。
I write a letter from the heart.

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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.