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Mythic Mandarin

真 (zhēn): meaning and stroke order

真 (zhēn) means really, truly, indeed, real, true, genuine.

真

Simplified
真
Traditional
真 (same form)
Pinyin
zhēn

Stroke order of 真

真

  • zhēn really; truly
  • 10 strokes

Stroke by stroke

Meaning of 真

  1. zhēn
    • really
    • truly
    • indeed
    • real
    • true
    • genuine

Radical and structure

真
Radical 目 (Kangxi radical 109) · 10 strokes · 十 on top, 具 below

Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan database. Structure: the shapes a character is written with (BabelStone IDS), not necessarily parts that carry meaning or sound.

Words with 真

真 in our stories

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  • 马丽吃一个:“真好吃!”

    Mǎ Lì chī yí gè zhēn hǎochī

    Ma Li eats one: "Really tasty!"

    From the story Buying apples HSK 1

  • 她对白露说:“你弹得真好,特别是最后那首曲子。”

    tā duì Bái Lù shuō nǐ tán de zhēn hǎo tèbié shì zuìhòu nà shǒu qǔzi

    She told Bai Lu, "You played so well, especially that last piece."

    From the story That last piece HSK 3

  • 会场一下子安静了下来。一方面,大家都知道停车难是真问题;另一方面,谁也不愿意当那个“赶走老人”的人。

    huìchǎng yíxiàzi ānjìng le xiàlai yìfāngmiàn dàjiā dōu zhīdao tíngchē nán shì zhēn wèntí lìngyìfāngmiàn shéi yě bú yuànyì dāng nà gè gǎnzǒu lǎorén de rén

    The hall fell silent. On the one hand, everyone knew parking was a real problem; on the other, nobody wanted to be the one who "drove the old people out".

    From the story The market hearing HSK 7–9 · Level 8

Stories using 真

Dictionary data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Stroke data: Hanzi Writer data, derived from Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License). Animation: Hanzi Writer (MIT licence). Radicals and stroke counts: Unicode Unihan (Unicode License v3).