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Kanji Detail for 実 - "fruit, truth, real"

実

  • Meaning

    実 means "fruit, truth, real."

    1. Fruit - The produce of plants.

    2. Truth - Reality; sincerity.

    3. Real - Genuine; actual; authentic.

  • Words using 実

    • 事実 じじつ Listen fact; truth; reality
    • 実施 じっし Listen enforcement; implementation; putting into practice
    • 現実 げんじつ Listen reality; actuality; hard fact
    • 実力 じつりょく Listen (real) ability; true strength; merit
    • 実態 じったい Listen true state; actual condition; reality
    • 実現 じつげん Listen implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation
    • 実績 じっせき Listen achievements; actual results; accomplishments
    • 実際 じっさい Listen reality; actuality; truth

  • Four-character idioms with 実

    • 事実無根 じじつむこん Listen groundless; entirely contrary to fact
    • 既成事実 きせいじじつ Listen established fact; fait accompli
    • 有名無実 ゆうめいむじつ Listen in name but not in reality
    • 一虚一実 いっきょいちじつ Listen constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable
    • 不言実行 ふげんじっこう Listen action before words; work before talk
    • 実事求是 じつじきゅうぜ Listen practical search for the truth

  • Origin of 実

    The roof 宀 over strung coins 貫 (old form 實): a house filled with threaded wealth. Substance, and the fruit — the tree's own stored wealth — followed.

    How to remember it: A house 宀 with coins strung to the rafters — full of the real thing: substance, fruit.

    Sources: en.wiktionary.org · mojinavi.com

  • Tattoo check: 実

    • Verified meaning: fruit, truth, real
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read さね, じつ, じつさき, ちか)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 実

    Given names 実(じつ)Listen 実(ちか)Listen 実(まこと)Listen 実(みのり)Listen 実(みのる)Listen

    Surnames 実(さね)Listen 実(じつさき)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    reality; truth; seed; fruit; nut

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    real, true; honest, sincere

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    Japanese variant of 實|实

  • Onyomi

    tip

    jitsu(ジツ) ジツ

    shitsu(シツ) シツ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    makoto(まこと) まこと

    mi(み) み

    mi.chiru(み-ちる) み-ちる

    mino(みの) みの

    mino.ru(みの-る) みの-る

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    宀 (ukammuri)

  • Related Keywords

    fruit truth real abundance sincerity actuality authentic genuine concrete core essence factual honesty kernel seed substantial tangible true veracity produce

Sentences including 実

  • It is the fact that i want to know.

  • I am reluctant to tell her the truth.

  • To tell the truth , i didn't do my homework.

  • It won't be long before we know the truth.

  • I treated her as my own daughter.

  • The very opposite is the truth.

  • In fact i don't know anything about it.

  • If she were here now , i would tell her the truth.

  • It is time you told her the truth.

  • In fact , i am happy.

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