Today’s #kanji is #真, which is listed under the radical of #目. You can remember this as: ナ + 目 + 一 + ハ.
Meaning: truth, genuineness
Reading: シン、ま
真剣（シンケン）（な）: serious, earnest (The literal meaning of 真剣 is a “real sword” as opposed to an imitation sword. You need to be “serious” when fighting with a real sword, don’t you?)
真空（シンクウ）: a vacuum, a void space
真実（シンジツ）: truth, reality, fact
真正（シンセイ）: genuineness
真理（シンリ）: the truth, verity (if 真理 is used as a first name or part of a first name, it is often pronounced まり)
写真（シャシン）: a photograph
真心（まごころ）: sincerity, a true heart, devotion
真（ま）っ青（さお）（な）: very blue, deadly pale
真（ま）っ直（す）ぐ: (dead) straight, (as) straight as an arrow
真名/真字（まな）: (block-style) Chinese characters (as opposed to 仮名（かな – Hiragana and Katakana))
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