真
true, real
- 十ten
- 目eye
- 一one
- 八legs
- kun
- まma
- on
- シンshin
mnemonic
TEN (十) EYES (目) on a table, ONE (一) top and LEGS (八), all seeing the same thing: it must be TRUE. "Shin" (シン) as in shashin, a photograph, a true copy.
examples
- 写真しゃしんshashinphotograph
- 真ん中まんなかmannakavery middle
- 真面目まじめmajimeserious