Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N3

68 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: reality, truth, seed, fruit, nut

Kunyomi: みの.る まこと みの みち.る

Onyomi: ジツ シツ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: うかんむり

Meaning: roof

Strokes: 3

Examples

Examples with audio

は(じつは)   as a matter of fact

力(じつりょく)   real ability

(じじつ)   fact

な(かくじつな)   certain

な(せいじつな)   sincere

現する(じつげんする)   realize (a project or goal)

験する(じっけんする)   experiment [v.t.]

際(じっさい)   in fact, in practice

木の(きのみ)   nut

る(みのる)   bear fruit

Onyomi Examples

ジツ truth, reality, sincerity, honesty, fidelity, content, substance, (good) result

ジツエン demonstration, presentation, stage show, performance

メイジツ in name and in reality, nominally and virtually, form and contents

ナイジツ the facts, the truth, the true state of affairs, in truth, in fact, in reality, actually

コジツ ancient practices, old customs

Kunyomi Examples

fruit, nut, seed, (in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc., content, substance

みのり ripening (of a crop), crop, harvest

浮き うきみ soup garnish

ずみ Toringo crabapple (Malus sieboldii)

みのる to bear fruit, to ripen, to produce (good) results, to show results, to bear fruit

るほど頭の下がる稲穂かな みのるほどあたまのさがるいなほかな the more learned, the more humble, the boughs bearing the most hang lowest

まこと truth, reality, sincerity, honesty, integrity, fidelity, that's right

じつに indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite

嘘から出たまこと うそからでたまこと something intended as a lie or joke which (by chance) ends up being true, lie turned truth

みのり ripening (of a crop), crop, harvest

みのる to bear fruit, to ripen, to produce (good) results, to show results, to bear fruit