真

音読おんよみ: シン

訓読くんよみ: ま・まこと

画数かくすう: 10 strokes

部首ぶしゅ: 目(め)

Meaning

Truth — represents reality, sincerity, or something genuine.


  • 写真しゃしん — photograph
  • 真実しんじつ — truth
  • 真理しんり — universal truth
  • 真ん中まんなか — center
  • 真顔まがお — serious face
  • 真夜中まよなか — midnight

真 is widely used in both abstract and practical contexts — from honesty and sincerity to photographs and midnight. It combines elements suggesting clarity and uprightness, symbolizing truth at the core.

真実しんじつりたいです。
I want to know the truth.

真夜中まよなかめました。
I woke up in the middle of the night.

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