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真诚

zhēnchéng

sincere

Two people with a heart
Memory picture

Characters in this word

真 zhēn

Strokes
10
Radical
目 — eye
Made of
直 straight, vertical 几 small table
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

诚 chéng

Strokes
8
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 成 to accomplish
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 诚

Example phrases

  • 他很真诚。 Tā hěn zhēnchéng. He is very sincere.
  • 真诚很重要。 Zhēnchéng hěn zhòngyào. Sincerity is very important.
  • 我喜欢真诚。 Wǒ xǐhuan zhēnchéng. I like sincerity.

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