誠 – sincerity, admonish, warn

13 strokesTaught in grade 6#1128 in newspaper frequencyN1 vocabulary

The kanji 誠 means sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セイ (sei); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is まこと (makoto). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 言 (no. 149).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セイ	sei
Kun’yomi	まこと	makoto

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 言 (Kangxi radical 149). Components: ノ・言・戈.

Words using 誠

誠まことtruth誠実せいじつsincere誠にまことにreally

Example sentences

嘘から出た誠。

Many a true word is spoken in jest.

Tatoeba #189510

手八丁口八丁の彼だけど、誠がないのが玉に瑕だね。

He works fast and is very articulate but his insincerity is his biggest defect.

Tatoeba #148487

ナンシーには誠実さが欠けているようだ。

Nancy seems to lack sincerity.

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Kanji with the same radical

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