Chinese

真理

/ʈ͡ʂən⁵⁵ li²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
truth
  • HSK 5
  • TOCFL 5
  • 眞理

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  • characterChinese真 “true; genuine; real; actual”
    • meaningChinese貝 “shellfish; cowrie”
    • soundChinese𠂈
  • characterChinese理 “to cut and polish jade”
    • meaningChinese玉 “jade (originally nephrite, now also including jadeite)”
    • soundChinese里 “li (a unit of distance equal to half a kilometre in modern Mainland China)”
      • ideaChinese田 “farmland (Classifier: 塊／块 m c)”
      • ideaChinese土 “earth; soil”

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