真 (zhēn) — Chinese Character

真

zhēn

really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine

Radical: 目 HSK 1 d, a, g ideographic

Components & Etymology

真 decomposes into the following components:

直几

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 真.

乱真

luàn zhēn

仿真

fǎng zhēn

to emulate

传真

chuán zhēn

fax

修真

xiū zhēn

写真

xiě zhēn

portrait

天真

tiān zhēn

naive

失真

shī zhēn

to lack fidelity

女真

nǚ zhēn

Nüzhen or Jurchen, a Tungus ethnic group, predecessor of the Manchu ethnic group who founded the later Jin dynasty 後金|后金 and Qing dynasty

归真

guī zhēn

to die (Buddhism)

当真

dàng zhēn

to take seriously

彭真

péng zhēn

Peng Zhen (1902-1997), Chinese communist leader

成真

chéng zhēn

to come true

Characters that share the radical 目.

Practice this character with stroke-order training, spaced repetition, and reading passages across all HSK levels.