真
Meanings
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- 1.really
- 2.truly
- 3.indeed
- 4.real
- 5.true
- 6.genuine
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Wiktionary
- 1.true; genuine; real; actual
- 2.clear; distinct; sharp
- 3.really; truly; very; quite
- 4.portrait; image
- 5.natural disposition
- 6.(telegraphy) the eleventh day of a month
- 7.a surname
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Etymology
Bronze-inscription forms are composed of 貝／贝 (bèi) and 𠂈, or of 鼎 (dǐng) and 𠂈. 𠂈 is the original pictograph of 顛 (OC *tˤiŋ) (“to fall headlong; top of the head”). Oracle-bone forms are composed of 匕 (bǐ) (“spoon”) and 鼎 (dǐng). These have been read by some scholars as 真 (zhēn), but some of them are better interpreted as 肆 (sì) or 煮 (zhǔ). In Chu bamboo-slip script, forms with 鼎 (dǐng) became dominant. The legs of 鼎 (dǐng) gradually became graphically confused with 火 (huǒ), and the lower horizontal stroke, left-falling stroke, and dot in Qin-slip and later forms of 真 (zhēn) may be reduced from 火 (huǒ). In the Zeng Hou Yi bamboo slips, an elaborated form with an added 丌 (jī) at the bottom is also attested. From Proto-Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Tibetan བདེན (bden, “true; truth”). Possibly connected with 貞 (OC *teŋ) (Schuessler, 2007).
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Components
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Example sentences
真疼。
That hurts.
真好。
That's really nice.
真烦人。
How annoying!
真奇怪。
How strange!
真奇怪。
How curious!
真奇怪。
How weird!
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