眞
シン, ま, まこと, さな, ち, まこ, まさ, まつ
truth, reality, Buddhist sect
JLPT0 G13 S0 F2359
匕 double-pronged eating implement + an abbreviated form# of 鼎 tripod kettle/cauldron → fill a vessel by ladling things into it → *truth*; *essence* (← fully real; compare 實) → *reality*.
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