Chinese Character 誠 Meanings and components.

Form

誠

Meaning

誠 meaning[3] in English

Sincere.

Authentic.

Really.

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 誠 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are words (言) , and surname Cheng (成)

Its radical[1] is: 言 (yan2) which means: Words, Speech, To Say, To Talk, .言yan2words

In cangjie it is written with YRIHS

How to write 誠

To write誠cheng2sincere you should write a combination of 言yan2words , 成cheng2surname Cheng arranged in a 吅 shape:

言 + 成 = 誠

誠 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 誠 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 誠, looks as follow:

誠
Pinyin:cheng2 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Sincere . Authentic . Really . Truly
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk
成
Pinyin:cheng2 Shape:回
Meaning[3]: Surname Cheng
戊
Pinyin:wu4 Shape:+
Meaning[3]: Fifth Of The Ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[Shi2 Tian1 Gan1] . Fifth In Order . Letter 'E' Or Roman 'V' In List 'A, B, C', Or 'I, Ii, Iii' Etc . Penta
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
戈
Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge
弋
Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot
丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]
丁
Pinyin:ding1 Shape:吕
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding
一
Pinyin:yi1
Meaning[3]: One . 1 . Single . A (Article) . As Soon As . Entire . Whole . All . Throughout . 'One' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 1) . Also Pr. [Yao1] For Greater Clarity When Spelling Out Numbers Digit By Digit
亅
Pinyin:jue2
Meaning[3]: 'Vertical Stroke With Hook' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 6) . See Also 豎鉤|竖钩[Shu4 Gou1]

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

  • Wiktionary Page for 誠in English or Chinese