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Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 6

JLPT level: N1

1128 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity

Kunyomi: まこと

Onyomi: セイ

Composition: 言 成

誠

Radical

Radical: 言

Reading: ごんべん

Meaning: speech

Strokes: 7

Reading: ごんべん

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Examples

Examples with audio

誠意(せいい)   sincerity, good faith

忠誠(ちゅうせい)   loyalty, sincerity

誠心誠意(せいしんせいい)   in all sincerity

誠実な(せいじつな)   sincere, honest, faithful

誠(まこと)   truth, faith, fidelity

誠に(まことに)   indeed, really, truly

Onyomi Examples

誠実 (セイジツ) sincere, honest, faithful

誠意 (セイイ) sincerity, good faith

至誠 (シセイ) sincerity, devotion

赤誠 (セキセイ) sincerity, true heart, devotion

Kunyomi Examples

誠 (まこと) truth, reality, fact, sincerity, honesty, faithfulness, good faith, indeed, really, absolutely, truly, actually, very, quite

誠に (まことに) 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

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