誠

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]

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

• 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

trad.		誠
simp.		诚

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

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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Pinyin]

     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. [Pinyin]

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

4. (Southern Min) very

• (very):

• (if):

• “Entry #10084”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2024.

Shinjitai	誠
Kyūjitai [1]	誠󠄁 誠+󠄁? (Adobe-Japan1)
	誠󠄃 誠+󠄃? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

1. sincerity

• 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)

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, 眞, 実, 信, 允, 周, 学, 展

(This term, 誠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

誠 (eumhun 정성 성 (jeongseong seong))

1. hanja form^? of 성 (“sincerity”)

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

誠: Hán Nôm readings: thành, thiêng

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