真字

Chinese

		real; true; genuine	letter; symbol; character letter; symbol; character; word
trad. (真字/眞字)		真/眞	字
simp. (真字)		真	字

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhēnzì

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄣ ㄗˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zan¹ zi⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhēnzì
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄣ ㄗˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhenzìh
    • Wade–Giles: chên¹-tzŭ⁴
    • Yale: jēn-dz̀
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jentzyh
    • Palladius: чжэньцзы (čžɛnʹczy)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ t͡sz̩⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zan¹ zi⁶
    • Yale: jān jih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzan¹ dzi⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: zen¹ ji⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sɐn⁵⁵ t͡siː²²/

Noun

真字

1. Alternative name for 楷書／楷书 (kǎishū).
2. (chiefly overseas) the winning lotto number, as foretold by spirits of the dead, gods and demons

Japanese

Kanji in this term
真	字
ま Grade: 3	な Grade: 1
kun’yomi	irregular

Alternative spelling
眞字 (kyūjitai)

Kanji in this term
真	字
ま > まん Grade: 3	な Grade: 1
irregular

Alternative spelling
眞字 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 真字 – see the following entry.

【真名まな】 [noun] Synonym of 漢字 (kanji): Chinese characters used to write the Japanese language [noun] (by extension) kanji written in the 楷書体 (kaisho-tai, “regular script”) style 【真名まんな】 [noun] (rare) Same as まな (mana) above

(This term, 真字, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)