誠

See also: 诚
誠 U+8AA0, 誠
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8AA0
← 誟
[U+8A9F]
CJK Unified Ideographs 誡 →
[U+8AA1]
誠 U+2F9CF, 誠
CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-2F9CF
← 䛇
[U+2F9CE]
CJK Compatibility Ideographs Supplement 諭 →
[U+2F9D0]

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

Chinese

trad. 誠
simp. 诚

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


Note:
  • chiâⁿ - vernacular;
  • sêng - literary.

Rime
Character 誠
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 清 (121)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 是征切
Baxter dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan
Wuyun
/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao
Rongfen
/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li
Rong
/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang
Li
/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard
Karlgren
/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
chéng
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
sing4
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 誠
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
chéng
Middle
Chinese
‹ dzyeng ›
Old
Chinese
/*[d]eŋ/
English sincere

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 誠
Reading # 1/1
No. 1419
Phonetic
component
成
Rime
group
耕
Rime
subdivision
0
Corresponding
MC rime
成
Old
Chinese
/*djeŋ/

Definitions

誠

  1. sincere; honest; true; genuine
  2. indeed; truly; really
  3. (literary) if
  4. (Southern Min) very

Compounds

  • 一片至誠/一片至诚
  • 中誠/中诚
  • 丹誠/丹诚 (dānchéng)
  • 丹誠不泯/丹诚不泯
  • 丹誠相許/丹诚相许
  • 主敬存誠/主敬存诚
  • 坦誠/坦诚 (tǎnchéng)
  • 實誠/实诚 (shíchéng)
  • 專誠/专诚 (zhuānchéng)
  • 微誠/微诚
  • 心悅誠服/心悦诚服 (xīnyuèchéngfú)
  • 心虔志誠/心虔志诚
  • 心誠意潔/心诚意洁
  • 志誠/志诚
  • 志誠君子/志诚君子
  • 忠誠/忠诚 (zhōngchéng)
  • 悃誠/悃诚 (kǔnchéng)
  • 愚誠/愚诚
  • 投誠/投诚 (tóuchéng)
  • 抱誠守真/抱诚守真
  • 推誠布信/推诚布信
  • 推誠布公/推诚布公
  • 推誠待物/推诚待物
  • 推誠愛物/推诚爱物
  • 推誠接物/推诚接物
  • 推誠相見/推诚相见
  • 推誠置腹/推诚置腹
  • 摯誠/挚诚
  • 攄誠/摅诚
  • 效誠/效诚
  • 樸訥誠篤/朴讷诚笃
  • 正心誠意/正心诚意
  • 歸誠/归诚
  • 殫誠畢慮/殚诚毕虑
  • 沒實誠/没实诚
  • 熱誠/热诚 (rèchéng)
  • 盡心竭誠/尽心竭诚
  • 盡節竭誠/尽节竭诚
  • 盡誠竭節/尽诚竭节
  • 真心誠意/真心诚意 (zhēnxīnchéngyì)
  • 真誠/真诚 (zhēnchéng)
  • 真誠相見/真诚相见
  • 竭誠/竭诚 (jiéchéng)
  • 竭誠歡迎/竭诚欢迎
  • 竭誠盡節/竭诚尽节
  • 精誠/精诚 (jīngchéng)
  • 精誠團結/精诚团结
  • 精誠貫日/精诚贯日
  • 老誠/老诚
  • 至意誠心/至意诚心
  • 至誠/至诚 (zhìchéng)
  • 至誠無昧/至诚无昧
  • 至誠高節/至诚高节
  • 虔誠/虔诚 (qiánchéng)
  • 血誠/血诚
  • 衷誠/衷诚
  • 親愛精誠/亲爱精诚
  • 誠信/诚信 (chéngxìn)
  • 誠信原則/诚信原则
  • 誠可格天/诚可格天
  • 誠壹/诚壹
  • 誠實/诚实 (chéngshí)
  • 誠心/诚心 (chéngxīn)
  • 誠心敬意/诚心敬意
  • 誠心正意/诚心正意
  • 誠心誠意/诚心诚意 (chéngxīnchéngyì)
  • 誠恐/诚恐 (chéngkǒng)
  • 誠恐誠惶/诚恐诚惶 (chéngkǒngchénghuáng)
  • 誠悃/诚悃
  • 誠意/诚意 (chéngyì)
  • 誠惶誠恐/诚惶诚恐 (chénghuángchéngkǒng)
  • 誠惶誠懼/诚惶诚惧
  • 誠懇/诚恳 (chéngkěn)
  • 誠摯/诚挚 (chéngzhì)
  • 誠敬/诚敬
  • 誠樸/诚朴
  • 誠然/诚然 (chéngrán)
  • 誠篤/诚笃
  • 誠素/诚素
  • 誠讜/诚谠
  • 賈誠/贾诚
  • 赤誠/赤诚 (chìchéng)
  • 輸誠/输诚 (shūchéng)
  • 通誠/通诚
  • 鄙誠/鄙诚
  • 銜哀致誠/衔哀致诚
  • 開心見誠/开心见诚
  • 開誠布公/开诚布公 (kāichéngbùgōng)
  • 閑邪存誠/闲邪存诚
  • 願寘誠念/愿寘诚念

Synonyms

  • (very):
  • (if):

References

Japanese

Shinjitai 誠
Kyūjitai
[1]

誠󠄁
誠+&#xE0101;?
(Adobe-Japan1)
誠󠄃
誠+&#xE0103;?
(Hanyo-Denshi)
(Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

誠

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

  1. sincerity

Readings

Compounds

Etymology

Kanji in this term
誠
まこと
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 誠 – see the following entry.
【まこと】
[noun] truth; reality; fact; genuineness
[noun] sincerity; honesty; faithfulness
[adverb] (dated) truly, really, absolutely, indeed
[interjection] used for recalling information previously forgotten or sudden change of subjects: that's right
[proper noun] 誠, 允, 周, 学, 展: a male given name
Alternative spellings
真, 実, 信, 允, 周, 学, 展
(This term, 誠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. “誠”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

Korean

Hanja

誠 (eumhun 정성 성 (jeongseong seong))

  1. Hanja form? of 성 (“sincerity”).

Compounds

Vietnamese

Han character

誠: Hán Nôm readings: thành, thiêng

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