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真 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 真 意味

true, reality, Buddhist sect

真 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI 音読み

ま ma
ま- ma-
まこと makoto

KUNYOMI 訓読み

シン shin

Examples

逆もまた真なり。The converse is also true.
真は美にまさる。Truth is more important than beauty.
真の友情は千金にも代え難い。True friendship is priceless.
美は真にして真は美なり。Beauty is truth, truth beauty.
真の友であったら、私を助けてくれただろう。A true friend would’ve helped me.
真の友人なら君に忠告するだろう。A true friend would advise you.
私には君の他に真の友達がいない。I have no other true friend than you.
真の幸福は、ほとんど何も望まないことにある。True happiness consists of desiring little.
私たちは真・善・美を追求しなければならない。We must seek after the true, the good and the beautiful.

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