This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: セイ、まこと
Romaji: sei, makoto
Kana
Romaji

Name Readings

Kana: きよ、さと、しげ、とも、のぶ、ま、まこ、まさ
Romaji: kiyo, sato, shige, tomo, nobu, ma, mako, masa
Kana
Romaji

Meanings

sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  149
Frequency:  1128
Grade:  6
Skip Pattern:  1-7-6
Korean Reading:  seong
Chinese Reading:  cheng2
Unicode:  8aa0
JIS:  403F

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1523
Nelson Index: 4352
New Nelson Index: 5606
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 7a6.3
Four Corner Index: 0365.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 912
Gakken Index: 1244
Japanese Names Index: 1935
Daikanwanjiten Index: 35497P
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 10.0466
Remembering the kanji Index: 363
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1758
Kodansha Compact Index: 1683
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 923
Kanji in Context Index: 943
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1023
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1382
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 369
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 388
Essential Kanji Index: 745
Kodansha Kanji Index: 1922
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 3059
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 825
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 963

Words

(まこと)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; integrity; fidelity; that's right (used when recalling forgotten information, suddenly changing the subject, etc.)
誠実 (せいじつ)
sincere; honest; faithful
誠意 (せいい)
sincerity; good faith
嘘から出た誠 (うそからでたまこと)
Truth comes out of falsehood
不誠意 (ふせいい)
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
忠誠 (ちゅうせい)
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
至誠 (しせい)
sincerity; devotion
誠に (まことに、しんに)
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite
誠心誠意 (せいしんせいい)
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
熱誠 (ねっせい)
earnestness
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