Kanji 実

音読おんよみ: ジツ

訓読くんよみ: み・みの

画数かくすう: 8

部首ぶしゅ: うかんむり(宀)

Meaning

Reality / Truth / Fruit / Seed

  • Basic forms
  • 運ぶ — to carry; to transport / base form
  • 運びます — carry / masu form
  • 運んだ — carried / ta form
  • 運んで — carry and … / te-form
  • 運ばない — don’t carry / negative
  • 運べば — if (you) carry / conditional
  • 運べ — carry! / imperative
  • Other common forms
  • 運びたい — want to carry
  • 運べる — can carry
  • 運べた — was able to carry
  • More
  • 運ぼう — let’s carry
  • 運んでいる — is carrying

運ぶ(はこぶ) is a godan verb. It is used for carrying items, transporting goods, and figuratively for things “moving forward.”

  • じつは — in fact
  • 実際じっさい — in practice, actually
  • 実験じっけん — experiment
  • 実力じつりょく — ability, true strength
  • 実用じつよう — practical use
  • 実現じつげん — realization, materialization
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  • 実行じっこう — execution, practice
  • 実情じつじょう — actual circumstances, reality
  • 実績じっせき — achievements, track record
  • 果実かじつ — fruit, nut

The radical 宀 (うかんむり) symbolizes a roof, suggesting shelter or containment. When combined with meanings like “fruit” or “truth,” the character 実 implies something maturing or becoming real within — like a seed developing under protection or the truth being revealed from within.

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