誠

誠 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 卜口戈竹尸 (YRIHS), four-corner 0365₀, composition ⿰訁成)

• KangXi: page 1163, character 12
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 35497
• Dae Jaweon: page 1628, character 6
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3963, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8AA0
• Unihan data for U+2F9CF

Historical forms of the character 誠
Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)
Small seal script

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *djeŋ) : semantic 言 (“speech”) + phonetic 成 (OC *djeŋ).

誠

1. sincere, honest; true
2. indeed; truly

   • 臣誠知不如徐公美。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     臣诚知不如徐公美。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Chén chéng zhī bùrú Xú Gōng měi. [Pinyin]

     I really know I am not as handsome as Xu Gong.

3. (Min Nan) very
4. (literary) if

   • 趙誠發使尊秦昭王為帝，秦必喜，罷兵去。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     赵诚发使尊秦昭王为帝，秦必喜，罢兵去。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: Zhanguo Ce, circa 5^th – 3^rd centuries BCE

     Zhào chéng fā shǐ zūn Qín Zhāowáng wèi dì, Qín bì xǐ, bàbīng qù. [Pinyin]

     If Zhao dispatches messengers to honor King Zhao of Qin as the di, Qin will certainly be pleased, and will stop fighting and leave.

   • 楚誠能絕齊，秦願獻商、於之地六百里。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     楚诚能绝齐，秦愿献商、于之地六百里。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Records of the Grand Historian, by Sima Qian, c. 91 BCE

     Chǔ chéng néng jué Qí, qín yuàn xiàn Shāng, Yú zhī dì liù bǎi lǐ. [Pinyin]

     If Chu can sever ties with Qi, Qin will offer Chu the 600 lis of land between Shang and Yu.

• (very):

• (if):

• “Entry #10084”, in 臺灣閩南語常用詞辭典 [Dictionary of Frequently-Used Taiwan Minnan] (in Chinese and Min Nan), Ministry of Education, R.O.C., 2011.

(grade 6 “Kyōiku” kanji)

• Go-on: じょう (jō)^{←じやう (zyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: せい (sei, Jōyō)
• Kun: まこと (makoto, 誠, Jōyō); まことにする (makotonisuru, 誠にする); まことに (makotoni, 誠に); もし (moshi, 誠し)
• Nanori: あき (aki); あきら (akira); かね (kane); きよ (kiyo); さと (sato); さね (sane); しげ (shige); すみ (sumi); たか (taka); たかし (takashi); たね (tane); とも (tomo); なが (naga); なり (nari); なる (naru); のぶ (nobu); のり (nori); まこと (makoto); まさ (masa); み (mi); もと (moto); よし (yoshi)

• (Tokyo) まこと [màkótó] (Heiban – [0])[2][3]
• IPA^(key): [ma̠ko̞to̞]

誠(まこと) • (makoto) 

1. sincerity

誠(まこと) • (Makoto) 

1. a male given name

誠 (eumhun 정성 성 (jeongseong seong))

1. Hanja form^? of 성 (“sincerity”).

• 충성 (忠誠, chungseong, “loyalty”)
• 성의 (誠意, seong'ui, “sincerity”)
• 성실 (誠實, seongsil, “sincerity, honesty”)

誠: Hán Nôm readings: thành, thiêng

1. chữ Hán form of thành (“sincere; honest”).