真

zhēn

zh+ēn·1st tone

really · truly

Radical: 目 Strokes: 10 HSK 1

Structure: Top-middle-bottomFrequency: Most common

Same radical

相眼目直着省眉看眷睡瞻盲

Same radical

相眼目直着省眉看眷睡瞻盲眠眩瞎

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Character Decomposition

真=直+几

Etymology

A straight 直 (that is, level) table 几

Meanings

really

truly

indeed

real

true

genuine

zhēn

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Words with 真 551 total

true nature; original state · true to one's nature; genuine and unpretentious本真běn zhēn lifelike · true to life · distinctly · clearly逼真bī zhēn frank and sincere · candid率真shuài zhēn to lack fidelity · (signal) distortion失真shī zhēn to pass off as genuine · spurious乱真luàn zhēn

Idioms with 真 64 total Chain

(idiom) half true and half false半真半假bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ lit. not to know the true face of Lushan Mountain (idiom) · fig. can't see the forest for the trees不识庐山真面目bù shí Lú shān zhēn miàn mù to return to one's true self · to regain the natural state返璞归真fǎn pú guī zhēn

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