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真 — really; truly; indeed

really; truly; indeed; real; true; genuine

Pinyin
zhēn
Strokes
10
HSK level
HSK 1
Handwriting
recognition only

How to write 真: 10 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. The syllabus asks you to recognise this character rather than write it by hand.

真 — 10 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 真 in the HSK syllabus: 18

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 真zhēnreally; truly; indeed; real; true; genuineHSK 1
  2. 认真rènzhēnconscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriouslyHSK 3
  3. 真正zhēnzhènggenuine; real; true; really; indeedHSK 4
  4. 真诚zhēnchéngsincere; genuine; trueHSK 5
  5. 真实zhēnshítrue; realHSK 5
  6. 传真chuánzhēnto fax; a fax; to portray vividly in paintingHSK 6
  7. 天真tiānzhēnnaive; innocent; artlessHSK 6
  8. 真相zhēnxiàngthe truth about sth; the actual factsHSK 6
  9. 逼真bīzhēnlifelike; true to life; distinctly; clearlyHSK 7–9
  10. 当真dàngzhēnto take seriously; serious; No joking, really!HSK 7–9
  11. 仿真fǎngzhēnto emulate; to simulate; emulation; simulationHSK 7–9
  12. 果真guǒzhēnreally; as expected; sure enough; if indeed...HSK 7–9
  13. 真空zhēnkōngvacuum; vacuum; to not wear underwearHSK 7–9
  14. 真理zhēnlǐtruthHSK 7–9
  15. 真情zhēnqíngreal situation; the truthHSK 7–9
  16. 真是zhēnshiindeed; trulyHSK 7–9
  17. 真心zhēnxīnwholeheartedness; sincerityHSK 7–9
  18. 真挚zhēnzhìsincere; sincerityHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.