chéng

sincere

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound. Simplified form of .

Components
讠 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

is a component form of .

成 sound component

  Sound component

chéng

  

completed

Evolution

诚 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
诚 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
诚 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
诚 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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chéng

sincere, honest; true, real; sincere; authentic; really; truly

Most common words with 诚
Freq.
Word
Meaning

sincere

诚实

honest

忠诚

devoted

真诚

true

坦诚

candid