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Radical:
Radical Strokes: 7
Additional Strokes: 6
Total Strokes: 13
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Pronunciation

Pinyin: chéng
Cantonese: sing4
JapaneseKun: MAKOTO MAKOTONI
JapaneseOn: SEI JOU
Korean: SENG
Vietnamese: thành

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: sincere, honest; true, real

CE-Dict: honest/sincere/true

Soothill: Truthful, true, truth; real; sincere, sincerity.

21 Century bidirectional dictionary: 1.sincere
2.honest

說文解字 - Shuowen: 《言部》誠 信也。从言成聲。

康熙字典文字版 【酉集上】【言字部】 誠
【唐韻】氏征切【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】時征切,𠀤音成。【說文】信也。【廣雅】敬也。【增韻】純也,無僞也,眞實也。【易·乾卦】閑邪存其誠。【疏】言防閑邪惡,當自存其誠實也。【書·太甲】鬼神無常享,享于克誠。【傳】言鬼神不係一人,能誠信者則享其祀。【眞德秀曰】唐虞時未有誠字,《舜典》允塞卽誠之義。至伊尹告太甲始見誠字。【禮·樂記】著誠去僞,禮之經也。【中庸】誠者,天之道也。誠之者,人之道也。【註】誠者,眞實無妄之謂。 又【玉篇】審也。【禮·經解】故衡誠縣,不可欺以輕重。【註】誠,猶審也。或作成。 又郡名。【唐書·地理志】悉州歸誠郡。 又州名。【唐書·地理志】嶺南道有思誠州。 又叶𨻰羊切,音嘗。【韓愈·歐陽生哀辭】哭泣無益兮,抑哀自彊。推生知死兮,以慰孝誠。

Buddhism words and phrases (term) sincere

ジョウ
(term) sincere

CF-Dict: en effet/vraiment/certainement/sincère/franc/honnête

Han-De-Dict: aufrichtig (u.E.) (Adj)/ehrlich (u.E.) (Adj)/wahr (u.E.)