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Kanji Detail for 忠 - "loyalty, devotion, sincere"

忠

  • Meaning

    忠 means "loyalty, devotion, sincere."

    1. Loyalty - Faithful devotion; allegiance.

    2. Faithful - True and constant; devoted.

    3. Sincere - Honest; heartfelt.

  • Words using 忠

    • 忠実 ちゅうじつ Listen faithful; devoted; loyal
    • 忠臣 ちゅうしん Listen loyal retainer; loyal subject
    • 忠誠 ちゅうせい Listen loyalty; sincerity; allegiance
    • 忠告 ちゅうこく Listen advice; warning

  • Four-character idioms with 忠

    • 尽忠報国 じんちゅうほうこく Listen loyalty and patriotism
    • 忠勇無双 ちゅうゆうむそう Listen of peerless loyalty and bravery
    • 忠君愛国 ちゅうくんあいこく Listen loyalty and patriotism
    • 忠孝両全 ちゅうこうりょうぜん Listen being a good son and a loyal subject; possessing loyalty and filial piety
    • 忠言逆耳 ちゅうげんぎゃくじ Listen good advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears

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    • Verified meaning: loyalty, devotion, sincere
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつし, きよし, すなお, ぞん)

    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 忠

    Given names 忠(あつし)Listen 忠(きよし)Listen 忠(すなお)Listen 忠(ただし)Listen 忠(ただす)Listen 忠(ちゅう)Listen

    Surnames 忠(ぞん)Listen 忠(たかし)Listen 忠(ただかつ)Listen 忠(ただすえ)Listen 忠(ただつぐ)Listen 忠(ちゅうじ)Listen

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  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    loyalty; fidelity; faithfulness

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    loyalty, devotion, fidelity

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    loyal; devoted; faithful

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    loyalty, devotion, fidelity

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Wholehearted devotion. Exhausting one's heart is 忠. What one does for others is done with full effort.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    chuu(チュウ) チュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    8 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    心 忄 (kokoro・shitagokoro・risshimben)

  • Related Keywords

    loyalty sincere devotion diligence justice allegiance commitment dedicated dependable devoted dutiful earnest fidelity genuine honest honor obedience faithful reliable steadfast true trust

Sentences including 忠

  • His advice came home to me.

  • She did not take kindly to my advice.

  • I'll do as you advise.

  • You should act on your teacher's advice.

  • His doctor advised him to give up smoking.

  • Were i you , i would follow his advice.

  • She is deaf to my advice.

  • He disregarded my advice.

  • He advised us against doing it.

  • He made little of his father's advice.

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