认真 (rèn zhēn)

Character breakdown

• 认 (rèn) · 4 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 讠 represents the meaning and 人 represents the sound.

• 真 (zhēn) · 10 strokes

  Based on the original meaning "precious", now written as 珍. The meaning later shifted to "genuine" and "true".