Kanji N3

実: reality, truth, seed

実 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning reality, truth, seed, written with 8 strokes. It is read ジツ, シツ (on) and み, みのる, まこと (kun). Children in Japan learn it in grade 3. You will see it in 現実 (げんじつ, reality) and 事実 (じじつ, fact).

実

Meanings

  • reality
  • truth
  • seed
  • fruit
  • nut
Strokes8
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 3
Frequency#68 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • ジツ
  • シツ

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • み
  • みのる
  • まこと
  • みの
  • みちる

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

Watch the stroke order

Every stroke in order, the live one in vermilion. Replay as often as you like.

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Now draw it

Trace each stroke in order. Wrong direction or wrong order gets flagged right away.

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Your turn: draw stroke 1 of 8. Start at the dot.

Common words with 実

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 現実げんじつ

    reality; actuality; hard fact

    JLPT N3
  • 事実じじつ

    fact; truth; reality; actuality

    JLPT N3
  • 確実かくじつ

    certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid

    JLPT N3
  • 実験じっけん

    experiment; experimentation

    JLPT N3
  • 実現じつげん

    implementation (e.g. of a system)

    JLPT N3
  • 実際じっさい

    reality; actuality; truth; fact

    JLPT N3
  • 実はじつは

    as a matter of fact; by the way

    JLPT N3
  • 実行じっこう

    execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out

    JLPT N3

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY.