果真
guǒzhēn · HSK 7
really
🍎✅ 果 (result/fruit) + 真 (true) = the result proves true, so it happened as expected
果 carries the sense of result or outcome and 真 means true or real. Put together, an outcome that turns out true is something that happened really, just as expected.
果 — fruit shape 田-like top + tree 木
果 is a pictograph: early forms show a tree (木) with round fruit hanging on its branches, later stylized into the 田-like top. Its original meaning was 'fruit', which extended to 'result, outcome' — the fruit of an action — and to 'resolute, decisive'.
真 — 匕 (spoon) over 目 (eye) over 八 (eight/base)
真 originally depicted a person or vessel used in ritual, conveying the idea of something genuine or true. Over time the form was reanalyzed as components like 匕, 目, and a base, but the core meaning of 'real, true, genuine' has remained stable since early bronze inscriptions.