Chinese Character 诚 Meanings and components.

Form

Meaning

诚 meaning[3] in English

Sincere.

Authentic.

Really.

Main Components

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

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

In cangjie it is written with IVIHS

How to write 诚

To writecheng2sincere you should write a combination of yan2'speech' or … , cheng2surname Cheng arranged in a shape:

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诚 Stroke Order

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

Components Tree

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

Pinyin:cheng2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Sincere . Authentic . Really . Truly

Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: 'Speech' Or 'Words' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 149) . See Also 言字旁[Yan2 Zi4 Pang2]

Pinyin:cheng2 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Cheng

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]

Pinyin:ge1
Meaning[3]: Surname Ge

Pinyin:yi4
Meaning[3]: To Shoot

丿
Pinyin:pie3
Meaning[3]: Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 4) . See 撇[Pie3]

Pinyin:ding1 Shape:
Meaning[3]: Surname Ding

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

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: section shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: hànChinese Character

  • Wiktionary Page for 诚in English or Chinese