EntryCommonJLPT N1WaniKani 41
  1. Noun

    truth; reality; fact

    嘘から出た誠。
    Many a true word is spoken in jest.
  2. sincerity; honesty; faithfulness; good faith

  3. Adverb (fukushi)

    indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite

    Dated term

Also written 真【まこと】実【まこと】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity

Kun
まこと
On
セイ
Strokes
13
Taught
Grade 6
JLPT
N1
Frequency
1128 of 2500
Radical
speech
WaniKani
Level 41

Built from

Used in names as

きよさとしげとものぶまこまさ

Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-7-6SKIP code
7a6.3The Kanji Dictionary
0365.0Four corner code
3059deroo
8aa0Unicode hex code
1-32-31JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4352Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5606New Nelson (John Haig)
1523New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1922Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1023Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1382Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
363Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
388Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1244A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1935Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
745Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
35497PMorohashi
912A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
718Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
731Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
825sakade
1758Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
923henshall3
963Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
943Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1683Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
369Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
cheng2Pinyin reading
seongKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
41WaniKani level