• 204th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.10% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 156 words
  • Component in 15 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhēn (zhen1)really • truly • indeed • real • true • genuine

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.
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Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

真实 (真實)
真心 
真正 
认真 (認真)

Uncommon

天真 
写真 (寫真)
成真 
果真 
当真 (當真)
真切 
真情 
真爱 (真愛)
真挚 (真摯)
真棒 
真理 
真皮 
真相 
真真 
真诚 (真誠)
真谛 (真諦)
童真 
纯真 (純真)
逼真 

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  • 3332nd most frequent character
  • Adds <0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 1 dictionary entry
  • Appears in 8 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. (di4)to examine • truth (Buddhism)

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for (di4)The component is pronounced as '' (di4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
2. Pronunciation clue for (di4)The component is pronounced as '' (mi4). It has the same pinyin final.
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Example Words

Common

真谛 (真諦)

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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