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

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

trad.	誠
simp.	诚

| | 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).

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chéng (cheng2)
(Zhuyin): ㄔㄥˊ
Cantonese
(Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): sing4
(Taishan, Wiktionary): sen3
Hakka
(Sixian, PFS): sṳ̀n
(Hailu, HRS): shin
(Meixian, Guangdong): sen2
Northern Min (KCR): chěng
Eastern Min (BUC): sìng
Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): sing2
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chiâⁿ / sêng
(Teochew, Peng'im): sêng5
Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): 6zen

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/
- (Taishanese, Taicheng)
  * Wiktionary: sen3
  * Sinological IPA (key): /sen²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  * Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sṳ̀n
  * Hakka Romanization System: siinˇ
  * Hagfa Pinyim: sin2
  * Sinological IPA: /sɨn¹¹/
- (Hailu, incl. Zhudong)
  * Hakka Romanization System: shin
  * Sinological IPA: /ʃin⁵⁵/
- (Meixian)
  * Guangdong: sen2
  * Sinological IPA: /sən¹¹/
Northern Min
- (Jian'ou)
  * Kienning Colloquial Romanized: chěng
  * Sinological IPA (key): /t͡sʰeiŋ²¹/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  * Bàng-uâ-cê: sìng
  * Sinological IPA (key): /siŋ⁵³/
Puxian Min
- (Putian, Xianyou)
  * Pouseng Ping'ing: sing2
  * Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: síng
  * Sinological IPA (key): /ɬiŋ¹³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese, Singapore)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiâⁿ
  * Tâi-lô: tsiânn
  * Phofsit Daibuun: cviaa
  * IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei, Singapore): /t͡siã²⁴/
  * IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siã¹³/
  * IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siã²³/
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sêng
  * Tâi-lô: sîng
  * Phofsit Daibuun: seeng
  * IPA (Kaohsiung): /siɪŋ²³/
  * IPA (Zhangzhou): /siɪŋ¹³/
  * IPA (Xiamen, Quanzhou, Taipei): /siɪŋ²⁴/

Note:

chiâⁿ - vernacular;
sêng - literary.
- (Teochew)
  * Peng'im: sêng5
  * Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: sêng
  * Sinological IPA (key): /seŋ⁵⁵/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai)
  * Wugniu: 6zen
  * MiniDict: zen去
  * Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): 3zen
  * Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /zən²³/

Middle Chinese: dzyeng
Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*[d]eŋ/
(Zhengzhang): /*djeŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	誠
Reading #	1/1
ModernBeijing(Pinyin)	chéng
MiddleChinese	‹ dzyeng ›
OldChinese	/*[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
Phoneticcomponent	成
Rimegroup	耕
Rimesubdivision	0
CorrespondingMC rime	成
OldChinese	/*djeŋ/

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 5th – 3rd 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 5th – 3rd 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 _li_s of land between Shang and Yu.
(Southern Min) very

Dialectal synonyms of 很 (“very”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese	甚, 孔
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	很, 非常, 十分
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	挺, 很, 倍兒, 怪
Taiwan	很, 好, 非常, 超, 蠻, 超級
Malaysia	很
Singapore	很, 蠻, 非常
Jilu Mandarin	Tianjin	挺, 很, 傻, 老, 倍兒, 齁兒
Jinan	挺, 楞
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	很
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	很, 好
Chongqing	很
Wuhan	蠻, 很
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	蠻, 稀, 很
Hefei	很
Cantonese	Guangzhou	好, 非常之
Hong Kong	好, 非常, 非常之, 超, 勁, 十分之, 無敵
Zhongshan (Shiqi)	好
Taishan	好, 十分之
Yangjiang	好
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	好
Singapore (Guangfu)	好, 非常之, 非常
Gan	Nanchang	蠻
Hakka	Meixian	好, 刮, 已, 還, 異, 還 exclamation
Huidong (Daling)	好
Wuhua (Meilin)	好
Shaoguan (Qujiang)	頂
Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang)	好
Changting	野
Wuping (Pingyu)	已, 刮
Liancheng	樣
Ninghua	好
Ruijin	蠻
Shicheng	蠻
Shangyou (Shexi)	蠻
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	當, 已, 還
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	蓋, 盡, 還
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	當, 盡, 已, 還
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	當, 已, 還
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	當, 已, 還
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	足, 真, 實在
Hong Kong	好
Sabah (Bao'an)	好
Kuching (Hepo)	很
Singapore (Dabu)	好
Jin	Taiyuan	很, 挺
Northern Min	Jian'ou	盡
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	野, 真
Singapore (Fuqing)	真
Sitiawan (Gutian)	真
Southern Min	Xiamen	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 非常, 真正, 設汰, 一
Xiamen (Tong'an)	真
Quanzhou	真, 野, 誠, 有夠, 萬代, 死人, 設汰
Jinjiang	野, 萬代
Zhangzhou	盡, 蓋, 足, 足範, 有夠, 出奇, 極死, 見死, 死了了, 死人, 設汰, 設汰仔
Zhao'an	很, 真, 死絕, 好, 非常
Dongshan	真, 非常
Taipei	真, 誠
New Taipei (Sanxia)	真, 誠
Kaohsiung	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Yilan	有夠, 足, 誠, 盡
Changhua (Lukang)	真, 誠
Taichung	誠, 蓋, 足
Tainan	有夠, 足, 真, 誠, 蓋
Hsinchu	真, 誠
Kinmen	足, 誠
Penghu (Magong)	真, 誠
Penang (Hokkien)	真, 誠, 真正
Singapore (Hokkien)	真, 死爸, 真正, 誠, 足, 有夠
Manila (Hokkien)	野, 真, 萬代, 真誠, 誠, 有夠
Chaozhou	過, 好, 非常, 死爸
Shantou	過, 鐵, 好, 很, 死爸, 死絕
Shantou (Chenghai)	好, 死絕
Shantou (Chaoyang)	好, 非常
Jieyang	過, 好, 死爸, 死絕
Bangkok (Teochew)	好
Johor Bahru (Teochew)	好
Singapore (Teochew)	真, 死爸, 非常
Wenchang	極, 但顧, 真
Haikou	但顧
Qionghai	但顧, 真
Singapore (Hainanese)	但顧, 真
Zhongshan Min	Zhongshan (Longdu, Shaxi)	好, 蠻
Wu	Shanghai	蠻, 老, 邪氣, 老老, 瞎, 絕, 十分, 十二萬分, 非常, 非常之, 畢, 畢畢, 來得, 來得個, 煞, 交關, 十二分 rare, 窮 dated, 野 dated, 邪 dated
Suzhou	蠻, 窮
Hangzhou	蠻, 交關, 木佬佬, 冒
Ningbo	交關, 蠻, 堪, 𣍐好, 𣍐派, 甮派, 出格, 木牢牢 rare, 猛 rare
Zhoushan	交關, 蠻, 猛, 堪, 出格, 木牢牢 rare
Wenzhou	蠻, 蒙, 顯
Xiang	Changsha	很, 蠻
Shuangfeng	蠻

(if):

Dialectal synonyms of 如果 (“if”) [map]

Variety	Location	Words edit
Classical Chinese	若, 假, 如, 使, 令, 苟, 向, 向使, 向令, 假令, 假使, 誠, 誠使, 倘, 儻, 當使
Formal (Written Standard Chinese)	若, 如, 如果, 若果, 果若, 假如, 假若, 假使, 假設, 倘若, 倘或, 倘然, 倘使, 若是, 若然, 設若, 設使, 設令, 設或, 設
Northeastern Mandarin	Beijing	要是, 要
Taiwan	要是, 要, 如果
Malaysia	如果
Singapore	如果
Jilu Mandarin	Jinan	要是
Central Plains Mandarin	Xi'an	要是
Southwestern Mandarin	Chengdu	要是, 假比
Wuhan	要是
Jianghuai Mandarin	Yangzhou	要是, 要, 假使
Hefei	要是, 倘此, 倘倘
Cantonese	Guangzhou	如果, 若果, 若然, 假使間
Hong Kong	如果, 若果, 若然, 若然之, 假使, 假使間, 假如
Macau	假如
Taishan	如果, 若果, 假使
Kaiping (Chikan)	若果
Yangjiang	設若
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu)	如果
Singapore (Guangfu)	如果
Gan	Nanchang	要是, 若是
Lichuan	假使
Hakka	Meixian	係話, 若係, 如果
Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua)	若果, 係講, 係話
Miaoli (N. Sixian)	係講, 若係, 假使
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian)	係講, 係準, 係準講, 準講, 準假, 係若, 若係, 假使, 假詐
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu)	係講, 若係, 假使
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu)	準講, 可比, 假使, 係講, 若係, 若係講, 準若講
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping)	係講, 若係, 假使
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an)	若係講, 假使, 若講, 係講, 若係
Kuching (Hepo)	假使
Jin	Taiyuan	要是
Northern Min	Jian'ou	來是, 如果
Pucheng (Shibei)	來是, 如果
Eastern Min	Fuzhou	儷是, 若還
Southern Min	Xiamen	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Quanzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 若欲是, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是
Zhangzhou	設使, 若是, 若, 假若, 假若是, 欲, 欲是, 甲若, 甲若是
Tainan	若是, 若準, 若, 假使, 設使
Penang (Hokkien)	若是, 若準
Singapore (Hokkien)	若是
Manila (Hokkien)	若是, 若, 假使
Chaozhou	若是
Shantou	如果
Jieyang	若, 若是
Singapore (Teochew)	若是
Wenchang	但見, 欲
Haikou	麼是, 設如, 設使
Wu	Shanghai	要是, 如果, 假使, 倘然, 倘使, 是得
Suzhou	要, 如果
Wenzhou	若是, 若
Xiang	Changsha	要是
Shuangfeng	要是, 要此

“誠”, in 教育部臺灣台語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwanese Taigi] (overall work in Mandarin and Hokkien), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2025.

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

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)

sincerity

Go-on: じょう (jō)←_じやう_ (zyau, historical)
Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
Kun: まこと (makoto, 誠, Jōyō)、_まことにする_ (makoto ni suru, 誠にする)、_まことに_ (makotoni, 誠に)、_もし_ (moshi, 誠し)
Nanori: あき (aki)、_あきら_ (akira)、_かね_ (kane)、_きよ_ (kiyo)、_さと_ (sato)、_さね_ (sane)、_しげ_ (shige)、_すみ_ (sumi)、_たか_ (taka)、_たかし_ (takashi)、_たね_ (tane)、_とも_ (tomo)、_なが_ (naga)、_なり_ (nari)、_なる_ (naru)、_のぶ_ (nobu)、_のり_ (nori)、_まこと_ (makoto)、_まさ_ (masa)、_み_ (mi)、_もと_ (moto)、_よし_ (yoshi)
誠(せい)意(い) (seī)
誠(せい)実(じつ) (seijitsu)
誠(せい)心(しん) (seishin)
赤(せき)誠(せい) (sekisei): sincerity

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

For pronunciation and definitions of 誠 – see the following entry.
【まこと】 [noun] truth; reality; fact; genuineness [noun] sincerity; honesty; faithfulness [adverb] (dated) truly, really, absolutely, indeed [interjection] used for recalling information previously forgotten or sudden change of subjects: that's right [proper noun] 誠, 允, 周, 学, 展, 道: a male given name Alternative spellings真, 眞, 実, 信, 允, 周, 学, 展, 道
(This term, 誠, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

^ “誠”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia]‎[1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2025

誠 (eumhun 정성 성 (jeongseong seong))

hanja form? of 성 (“sincerity”)

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

誠: Hán Nôm readings: thành, thiêng

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

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