真

zhēn

really

truly; indeed; real; true; genuine

Straight (直) + solid base (几) = genuine and true

直 means straight or upright — something true holds itself without bending. The table or stool beneath grounds it, suggesting something solid and stable enough to rest on.

直+几→真
几A small tableSemantic
直StraightSemantic

这个苹果真好吃。

zhè ge píng guǒ zhēn hǎo chī。

This apple is really delicious.

他说的话是真的,你可以相信他。

tā shuō de huà shì zhēn de, nǐ kě yǐ xiāng xìn tā。

What he said is true, you can believe him.

Words with 真

真空

zhēn kōng

(physics, fig.) vacuum

真迹

zhēn jì

authentic (painting or calligraphy)

逼真

bī zhēn

lifelike

说真的

shuō zhēn de

to tell the truth

真挚

zhēn zhì

sincere

真主

zhēn zhǔ

Allah

半真半假

bàn zhēn bàn jiǎ

(idiom) half true and half false

真人版

zhēn rén bǎn

real-life version (of some imaginary character)

奥姆真理教

ào mǔ zhēn lǐ jiào

Aum Shinrikyo (or Supreme Truth), the Japanese death cult responsible for the 1995 sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway

真切

zhēn qiè

vivid

真情

zhēn qíng

real situation

真相大白

zhēn xiàng dà bái

the whole truth is revealed (idiom); everything becomes clear

More characters with 直

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