誠

See also: 诚

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]

Translingual

Han character

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

References

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

Chinese

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 誠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Characters in the same phonetic series (成) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
成	*djeŋ
城	*djeŋ
誠	*djeŋ
宬	*djeŋ
郕	*djeŋ
筬	*djeŋ
盛	djeŋ, djeŋs
珹	*djeŋ
晟	*djeŋs
墭	*djeŋs

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéng (cheng²)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): sing⁴
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n
Min Bei (KCR): chěng
Min Dong (BUC): sìng
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chiâⁿ / sêng

(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng⁵

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chéng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄥˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chéng
  - Wade–Giles: chʻêng²
  - Yale: chéng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: cherng
  - Palladius: чэн (čɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: sing⁴
  - Yale: sìhng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sing⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xing⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /sɪŋ²¹/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
  - Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: sin²
  - Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
Min Bei
- (Jian'ou)
  - Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chěng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰeiŋ²¹/
Min Dong
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /siŋ⁵³/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâⁿ
  - Tâi-lô: tsiânn
  - Phofsit Daibuun: cviaa
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕiã²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕiã¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore): /t͡ɕiã²⁴/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng
  - Tâi-lô: sîng
  - Phofsit Daibuun: seeng
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /ɕiɪŋ²³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕiɪŋ¹³/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /ɕiɪŋ²⁴/

Note:

chiâⁿ - vernacular;
sêng - literary.

- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: sêng⁵
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /seŋ⁵⁵/

Middle Chinese: dzyeng

Rime
Character	誠
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	常 (25)
Final (韻)	清 (121)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	是征切
Baxter	dzyeng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/d͡ʑiᴇŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/d͡ʑiɛŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/d͡ʑiæŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/d͡ʑiajŋ/
Li Rong	/ʑiɛŋ/
Wang Li	/ʑĭɛŋ/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʑi̯ɛŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chéng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	sing⁴

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誠
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chéng
Middle Chinese	‹ dzyeng ›
Old Chinese	/*[d]eŋ/
English	sincere
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	誠
Reading #	1/1
No.	1419
Phonetic component	成
Rime group	耕
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	成
Old Chinese	/*djeŋ/

Definitions

誠

sincere; honest; true; genuine
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.
(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.
(Min Nan) very

Compounds

一片至誠／一片至诚
中誠／中诚
丹誠／丹诚 (dānchéng)
丹誠不泯／丹诚不泯
丹誠相許／丹诚相许
主敬存誠／主敬存诚
坦誠／坦诚 (tǎnchéng)
實誠／实诚 (shíchéng)
專誠／专诚 (zhuānchéng)
微誠／微诚
心悅誠服／心悦诚服 (xīnyuèchéngfú)
心虔志誠／心虔志诚
心誠意潔／心诚意洁
志誠／志诚
志誠君子／志诚君子
忠誠／忠诚 (zhōngchéng)
悃誠／悃诚 (kǔnchéng)
愚誠／愚诚
投誠／投诚 (tóuchéng)
抱誠守真／抱诚守真
推誠布信／推诚布信
推誠布公／推诚布公
推誠待物／推诚待物
推誠愛物／推诚爱物
推誠接物／推诚接物
推誠相見／推诚相见
推誠置腹／推诚置腹
摯誠／挚诚
攄誠／摅诚
效誠／效诚
樸訥誠篤／朴讷诚笃
正心誠意／正心诚意
歸誠／归诚
殫誠畢慮／殚诚毕虑
沒實誠／没实诚
熱誠／热诚 (rèchéng)
盡心竭誠／尽心竭诚
盡節竭誠／尽节竭诚
盡誠竭節／尽诚竭节
真心誠意／真心诚意 (zhēnxīnchéngyì)
真誠／真诚 (zhēnchéng)
真誠相見／真诚相见
竭誠／竭诚 (jiéchéng)
竭誠歡迎／竭诚欢迎
竭誠盡節／竭诚尽节
精誠／精诚 (jīngchéng)
精誠團結／精诚团结
精誠貫日／精诚贯日
老誠／老诚
至意誠心／至意诚心
至誠／至诚 (zhìchéng)
至誠無昧／至诚无昧
至誠高節／至诚高节
虔誠／虔诚 (qiánchéng)
血誠／血诚
衷誠／衷诚
親愛精誠／亲爱精诚
誠信／诚信 (chéngxìn)
誠信原則／诚信原则
誠可格天／诚可格天
誠壹／诚壹
誠實／诚实 (chéngshí)
誠心／诚心 (chéngxīn)
誠心敬意／诚心敬意
誠心正意／诚心正意
誠心誠意／诚心诚意 (chéngxīnchéngyì)
誠恐／诚恐 (chéngkǒng)
誠恐誠惶／诚恐诚惶 (chéngkǒngchénghuáng)
誠悃／诚悃
誠意／诚意 (chéngyì)
誠惶誠恐／诚惶诚恐 (chénghuángchéngkǒng)
誠惶誠懼／诚惶诚惧
誠懇／诚恳 (chéngkěn)
誠摯／诚挚 (chéngzhì)
誠敬／诚敬
誠樸／诚朴
誠然／诚然 (chéngrán)
誠篤／诚笃
誠素／诚素
誠讜／诚谠
賈誠／贾诚
赤誠／赤诚 (chìchéng)
輸誠／输诚 (shūchéng)
通誠／通诚
鄙誠／鄙诚
銜哀致誠／衔哀致诚
開心見誠／开心见诚
開誠布公／开诚布公 (kāichéngbùgōng)
閑邪存誠／闲邪存诚
願寘誠念／愿寘诚念

Synonyms

(very):

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(if):

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References

“Entry #10084”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2023.

Japanese

Shinjitai	誠
Kyūjitai [1]	誠󠄁 誠+`󠄁`^? (Adobe-Japan1)
	誠󠄃 誠+`󠄃`^? (Hanyo-Denshi) (Moji_Joho)
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Kanji

誠

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Compounds

Kanji in this term
誠
まこと Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まこと [màkótó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
IPA^(key): [ma̠ko̞to̞]

Noun

誠(まこと) • (makoto)

sincerity

Proper noun

誠(まこと) • (Makoto)

a male given name

References

“誠”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja

誠 (eumhun 정성 성 (jeongseong seong))

Hanja form^? of 성 (“sincerity”).

Compounds

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

Vietnamese

Han character

誠: Hán Nôm readings: thành, thiêng

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

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[1] “誠”, in 漢字ぺディア (Kanjipedia)‎ (in Japanese), 日本漢字能力検定協会, 2015–2024

[DJR-2] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-3] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN