Moto 忠: Loyalty; Fidelity; FaithfulnessKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- チュウ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 6
- Words
- 63 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (チュウ)
- 忠実ちゅうじつfaithful; devoted
- 忠臣ちゅうしんloyal retainer; loyal subject
- 忠誠ちゅうせいloyalty; sincerity
- 忠告ちゅうこくadvice; warning
- 忠孝ちゅうこうloyalty and filial piety
- 忠犬ちゅうけんfaithful dog
- 忠義ちゅうぎloyalty; devotion
- 忠魂ちゅうこんloyalty; the loyal dead
- 不忠ふちゅうdisloyalty; infidelity
- 不忠実ふちゅうじつdisloyalty; unfaithfulness
- 不忠者ふちゅうものdisloyal person
- 仁義忠孝じんぎちゅうこうhumanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety
- 尽忠じんちゅうloyalty
- 尽忠報国じんちゅうほうこくloyalty and patriotism
- 忠ちゅうloyalty; devotion
- 忠なるちゅうなるdevoted; loyal
- 忠信ちゅうしんfaithfulness; devotion
- 忠僕ちゅうぼくfaithful servant
- 忠勇ちゅうゆうloyalty and bravery
- 忠勇無双ちゅうゆうむそうof peerless loyalty and bravery
- 忠勤ちゅうきんloyalty; loyal (faithful) service
- 忠君ちゅうくんloyalty to one's ruler
- 忠君愛国ちゅうくんあいこくloyalty and patriotism
- 忠告にしたがうちゅうこくにしたがうto follow advice; to act upon advice
- 忠告に従うちゅうこくにしたがうto follow advice; to act upon advice
- 忠孝両全ちゅうこうりょうぜんbeing a good son and a loyal subject; possessing loyalty and filial piety
- 忠孝仁義ちゅうこうじんぎloyalty, filial piety, humanity, and justice
- 忠実度ちゅうじつどfidelity
- 忠恕ちゅうじょsincerity and consideration
- 忠愛ちゅうあいloyalty; devotion
- 忠烈ちゅうれつunswerving loyalty
- 忠犬ハチ公ちゅうけんハチこうfaithful dog Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
- 忠節ちゅうせつloyalty; allegiance
- 忠純ちゅうじゅんfaithfulness and purity; unswerving loyalty
- 忠義一徹ちゅうぎいってつstaunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord)
- 忠義立てちゅうぎだてloyalty; loyal deed
- 忠臣蔵ちゅうしんぐらperformance or narrative based on the story of the Forty-seven Rōnin (esp. the Kanadehon Chūshingura, an epic puppet play first performed in 1748)
- 忠良ちゅうりょうloyalty and goodness
- 忠言ちゅうげん(good) advice
- 忠言耳に逆らうちゅうげんみみにさからうgood advice is harsh to the ear
- 忠言逆耳ちゅうげんぎゃくじgood advice is harsh to the ears; honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears
- 忠誠を尽くすちゅうせいをつくすto be loyal to; to serve
- 忠誠を誓うちゅうせいをちかうto pledge allegiance; to swear an oath of allegiance
- 忠誠心ちゅうせいしんloyalty; faithfulness
- 忠霊ちゅうれいthe loyal dead
- 忠霊塔ちゅうれいとうmonument to the faithful who died in battle
- 忠順ちゅうじゅんhomage
- 忠魂碑ちゅうこんひmonument to the faithful who died in battle
- 表忠塔ひょうちゅうとうwar-memorial monument
- 表忠碑ひょうちゅうひwar-memorial monument
- 誠忠せいちゅうloyalty
Other readings
- 口忠実くちまめtalkative; voluble
- 小忠実こまめdiligent; earnest
- 忠実やかまめやかsincere; faithful
- 忠実忠実しいまめまめしいhardworking; painstaking
- 忠清北道チュンチョンプクトChungcheongbuk-do (South Korea); North Chungcheong Province
- 忠清南道チュンチョンナムドChungcheongnam-do (South Korea); South Chungcheong Province
- 忠義一途ちゅうぎいちずstaunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord)
- 手忠実てまめdiligent; industrious
- 筆忠実ふでまめgood correspondent; ready writer
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