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誠 = 言 + 成
誠 is a Japanese kanji written with 13 strokes, listed here under the keyword “sincerity”. It is built from 言 (say) and 成 (turn into). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 388.
- Keyword
- sincerity
- RTK frame
- 388
- Strokes
- 13
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- セイ
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- まこと
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- искренность
- Same glyph as a traditional Chinese hanzi
- 誠 sincere
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 誠 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “say” + “turn into”. 誠 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 誠 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.