# 真 really

(the fly) + (pi)
★★★★☆
10 strokes
PN

## Onyomi

SHIN |

## Mnemonic

| Flies really really like to eat SHINY pies. (The pie is shiny because it is coated with the fly's glistening vomit. I'm not just being sick for the sake of sick here. Flies don't have a stomach, so they have to vomit acid on their food - digesting it OUTSIDE THEIR BODY, so to speak. Then they suck up the liquefied remains through their straw-like mouth-hole.)

## Kunyomi

まっ ( xxx ) | PREFIX meaning,absolutely totally entirely XXX. usually used with colors.(まっかい、　まっしろい, etc). The words using this prefix always use the KUNyomi. PRE ★★★☆☆

## Jukugo

写真(しゃしん) | photo ★★★★★ 写 (copy) + 真 (really) = 写真 (photo) photo (take photo:　写真を取る （しゃしんをとる））
真実(しんじつ) | the truth ★★★★☆ 真 (really) + 実 (truth) = 真実 (the truth)
真ん中(まんなか) | the very center ★★★☆☆ KUNKUN 真 (really) + 中 (middle) = 真ん中 (the very center)
真似る(まねる) | bite the style ★★★☆☆ FP 真 (really) + 似 (resemble) = 真似る (bite the style) to bite someone's style, to impersonate

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
植 | plant | TREE | 木
具 | tool | WITHOUT THE 'TEN' RADICAL |
真 | really | TEN | 十
県 | prefecture | SMALL | 小
直 | correct a probem / direct contact | 'L' | L
置 | put down on table | NET |

TREES are plants

The truth is worth TEN TOOLS.

I come from a SMALL prefecture.

You can't spell "correct a probLLLLem" without an “L".

You put the NET down on the table.

## Used In

- 慎

## Synonyms

copy, look like 写す 複写 真似る 似る