誠

Translingual

Han character

誠 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈竹尸 (YRIHS), four-corner 0365₀, composition ⿰訁成)

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 1163, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35497
• Dae Jaweon: page 1628, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3963, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8AA0

• Unihan data for U+2F9CF

Chinese

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 誠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *djeŋ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 成 (OC *djeŋ).

Pronunciation

Definitions

誠

1. sincere; honest; true; genuine
2. indeed; truly; really

   • 臣誠知不如徐公美。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣诚知不如徐公美。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Chén chéng zhī bùrú Xú Gōng měi.

     I really know I am not as handsome as Xu Gong.

3. (literary) if

   • 趙誠發使尊秦昭王為帝，秦必喜，罷兵去。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     赵诚发使尊秦昭王为帝，秦必喜，罢兵去。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Zhào chéng fā shǐ zūn Qín Zhāowáng wèi dì, Qín bì xǐ, bàbīng qù.

     If Zhao dispatches messengers to honor King Zhao of Qin as the di, Qin will certainly be pleased, and will stop fighting and leave.

   • 楚誠能絕齊，秦願獻商、於之地六百里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     楚诚能绝齐，秦愿献商、于之地六百里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Chǔ chéng néng jué Qí, qín yuàn xiàn Shāng, Yú zhī dì liù bǎi lǐ.

     If Chu can sever ties with Qi, Qin will offer Chu the 600 lis of land between Shang and Yu.

4. (Southern Min) very

Compounds

Synonyms

• (very):

• (if):

References

• “Entry #10084”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Shinjitai	誠
Kyūjitai	誠󠄁 誠+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	誠󠄃 誠+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: まこと (makoto, 誠, Jōyō); まことにする (makotonisuru, 誠にする); まことに (makotoni, 誠に); もし (moshi, 誠し)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); かね (kane); きよ (kiyo); さと (sato); さね (sane); しげ (shige); すみ (sumi); たか (taka); たかし (takashi); たね (tane); とも (tomo); なが (naga); なり (nari); なる (naru); のぶ (nobu); のり (nori); まこと (makoto); まさ (masa); み (mi); もと (moto); よし (yoshi)

Compounds

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) まこと (Heiban – )
• IPA^(key):

Noun

誠(まこと) • (makoto) 

1. sincerity

Proper noun

誠(まこと) • (Makoto) 

1. a male given name

References

Korean

Hanja

誠 (eumhun 정성 성 (jeongseong seong))

1. Hanja form^? of 성 (“sincerity”).

Compounds

• 충성 (忠誠, chungseong, “loyalty”)
• 성의 (誠意, seong'ui, “sincerity”)
• 성실 (誠實, seongsil, “sincerity, honesty”)

Vietnamese

Han character

誠: Hán Nôm readings: thành, thiêng

1. chữ Hán form of thành (“sincere; honest”).