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真 means 'truth'

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Strokes : 10    Frequency: 148   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-8    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 9    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 314 words   Used in 463 words   Used in 4130 names   Component in 25 kanji (2 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
On
   シン
Kun
   exactly; deep
Name
   しん   まこと
Kun    まこと sincerity, truth   ま-
Name    さな   さね   ただ   ただし   なお   のり   まあ   まこ   まさ   まっ   まど   まな   まゆ   みち   も
  
⿳   ten   eye   table  
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 tool   prefecture   content; purport   honest   tool  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 真 is used 24 times, read 2 ways. 3 words use a non-standard reading.
Across all words in Japanese, 真 is used 411 times, read 3 ways (with 5 variations). 5 words use a non-standard reading.
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シン : 261 words FIND ALL
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noun
1. photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap
2. movie  (see also: 活動写真)
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ま : 128 words FIND ALL
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noun
middle; centre; center; mid-way
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まこと : 4 words FIND ALL
expression, adverb
in all sincerity; truthfully; honestly  (see also: まことに; often written with kana only)
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さね: 1 word. FIND ALL
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Most common form: 実葛
noun
scarlet kadsura (Kadsura japonica)  (often written with kana only)
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まっ: 3 words. FIND ALL
3
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
broad daylight
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まさ: 3 words. FIND ALL
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noun
sand
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さな: 4 words. FIND ALL
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noun
plait; braid
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まな: 2 words. FIND ALL
prefix
beloved; dear
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Part of a non-standard reading: 5 words. FIND ALL
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diligent; serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
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An additional 具 less common words include 真 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 341 (originally: 514)  Joy o' Kanji : 514  Key to Kanji: 569 

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シン   truth   ま exactly; deep   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
stick   
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
table
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