信

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See also: 㐰 and 伩
信 U+4FE1, 信
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4FE1
← 俠
[U+4FE0] 		CJK Unified Ideographs 俢 →
[U+4FE2]

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
信-order.gif

Han character[edit]

信 (radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人卜一口 (OYMR), four-corner 20261, composition ⿰亻言)

References[edit]

  • KangXi: page 105, character 25
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 707
  • Dae Jaweon: page 224, character 2
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 165, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+4FE1

Chinese[edit]

simp. and trad.
 信
variant forms 㐰
伩 2nd‐round simp.

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 信
Small seal script
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s01702

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s01703

Transcribed ancient scripts
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L36438

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L36439

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L36440

ACC-L36441.svg

L36441

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L36442

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L21999

ACC-L22000.svg

L22000

ACC-L22001.svg

L22001

ACC-L22002.svg

L22002

ACC-L22003.svg

L22003

ACC-L22004.svg

L22004

ACC-L22005.svg

L22005

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L22006

ACC-L22007.svg

L22007

ACC-L22008.svg

L22008

ACC-L22009.svg

L22009

ACC-L22010.svg

L22010

ACC-L22011.svg

L22011

ACC-L22012.svg

L22012

ACC-L22013.svg

L22013

ACC-L22014.svg

L22014

ACC-L22015.svg

L22015

ACC-L22016.svg

L22016

ACC-L22017.svg

L22017

ACC-L22018.svg

L22018

ACC-L22019.svg

L22019

ACC-L22020.svg

L22020

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L22021

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L22022

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L22023

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L22024

References:

Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including:

  • Shuowen Jiezi (small seal),
  • Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions),
  • Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and
  • Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 人 (“person”) + 言 (“word”) – a person's (truthful) words.

Etymology[edit]

Possibly derived from 允 (OC *lunʔ) (minimally reconstructed: *winʔ ~ *junʔ) (Schuessler, 2007)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Dialectal data▼
Variety Location 信
Mandarin Beijing /ɕin⁵¹/
Harbin /ɕin⁵³/
Tianjin /ɕin⁵³/
Jinan /ɕiẽ²¹/
Qingdao /siə̃⁴²/
Zhengzhou /sin³¹²/
Xi'an /ɕiẽ⁴⁴/
Xining /ɕiə̃²¹³/
Yinchuan /ɕiŋ¹³/
Lanzhou /ɕĩn¹³/
Ürümqi /ɕiŋ²¹³/
Wuhan /ɕin³⁵/
Chengdu /ɕin¹³/
Guiyang /ɕin²¹³/
Kunming /ɕĩ²¹²/
Nanjing /sin⁴⁴/
Hefei /ɕin⁵³/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ⁴⁵/
Pingyao /ɕiŋ³⁵/
Hohhot /ɕĩŋ⁵⁵/
Wu Shanghai /ɕiŋ³⁵/
Suzhou /sin⁵¹³/
Hangzhou /ɕin⁴⁴⁵/
Wenzhou /saŋ⁴²/
Hui Shexian /siʌ̃³²⁴/
Tunxi /sin⁴²/
Xiang Changsha /sin⁵⁵/
Xiangtan /sin⁵⁵/
Gan Nanchang /ɕin⁴⁵/
Hakka Meixian /sin⁵³/
Taoyuan /sin⁵⁵/
Cantonese Guangzhou /søn³³/
Nanning /ɬɐn³³/
Hong Kong /søn³³/
Min Xiamen (Min Nan) /sin²¹/
Fuzhou (Min Dong) /sɛiŋ²¹²/
Jian'ou (Min Bei) /seiŋ³³/
Shantou (Min Nan) /siŋ²¹³/
Haikou (Min Nan) /tin³⁵/
Rime
Character 信
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 息晉切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/siɪnH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/sinH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/sjenH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/sinH/
Li
Rong 		/siĕnH/
Wang
Li 		/sĭĕnH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/si̯ĕnH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		xìn
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 信
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		xìn
Middle
Chinese 		‹ sinH ›
Old
Chinese 		/*s-ni[ŋ]-s/
English truthful

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 信
Reading # 1/1
No. 13849
Phonetic
component 		信
Rime
group 		眞
Rime
subdivision 		1
Corresponding
MC rime 		信
Old
Chinese 		/*hljins/
Notes 金文或從人從口，本指操信符傳言之信使，故表可信，或從言身聲

Definitions[edit]

信

  1. true; accurate; verifiable
  3. truly; indeed
  4. trustworthy
  5. to believe; to trust in something
    我才不信呢。  ―  Wǒ cái bù xìn ne.  ―  I don't believe it/you.
  6. trust; confidence; faith
    信任  ―  xìnrèn  ―  trust
    因信稱義 / 因信称义  ―  yīn xìn chēngyì  ―  to be justified by faith
  7. to believe in (a faith); to be religious in
    我父親信佛教。 / 我父亲信佛教。  ―  Wǒ fùqīn xìn fójiào.  ―  My father is a Buddhist. (lit. My father believes in Buddhism.)
  8. at will
    信口雌黃 / 信口雌黄  ―  xìnkǒu cíhuáng  ―  to make irresponsible remarks (lit. to correct someone with at will)
  9. letter (written communication) (Classifier: 封 m c)
  10. message; news; information
    信息  ―  xìnxī  ―  news, message
  11. evidence
    信物  ―  xìnwù  ―  token, keepsake

Synonyms[edit]

Dialectal synonyms of 信 (“letter”) [map]
Variety Location Words
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) 書信、信件、信函、書函
Mandarin Beijing 信
Taiwan 信
Jinan 信
Muping 信
Luoyang 信
Jiedian 信
Xi'an 信
Xining 信
Xuzhou 信
Yinchuan 信
Lanzhou 信
Ürümqi 信
Wuhan 信
Chengdu 信
Guiyang 信
Liuzhou 信
Yangzhou 信
Nanjing 信
Hefei 信
Cantonese Guangzhou 信
Hong Kong 信
Shunde 信
Foshan 信
Zhongshan 信
Dongguan 信
Doumen (Shangheng Tanka) 信
Taishan 信
Kaiping 信
Shaoguan 信
Yunfu 信
Yangjiang 信
Xinyi 信
Lianjiang 信
Gan Nanchang 信
Lichuan 信
Pingxiang 信
Hakka Meixian 信
Yudu 信
Miaoli (N. Sixian) 信仔
Liudui (S. Sixian) 信仔
Hsinchu (Hailu) 信仔
Dongshi (Dabu) 信
Hsinchu (Raoping) 信仔、信
Yunlin (Zhao'an) 批、信
Huizhou Jixi 信
Jin Taiyuan 信
Xinzhou 信
Min Bei Jian'ou 信
Min Dong Fuzhou 批
Matsu 批
Min Nan Xiamen 批
Quanzhou 批
Zhangzhou 批
Taipei 批
Kaohsiung 批
Tainan 批
Taichung 批
Hsinchu 批
Lukang 批
Sanxia 批
Yilan 批
Kinmen 批
Magong 批
Penang 批
Singapore 批
Chaozhou 信、批
Haikou 信
Leizhou 信
Puxian Min Putian 批
Xianyou 批
Pinghua Nanning 信
Wu Shanghai 信
Suzhou 信
Wenzhou 信
Chongming 信
Danyang 信
Jinhua 信
Ningbo 信
Xiang Changsha 信
Shuangfeng 信
Loudi 信

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 信

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

信

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Compounds

Noun[edit]

信 (hiragana しん, rōmaji shin)

  1. trust, faith
    信 (しん)を置 (お)く、信 (しん)を得 (え)る
    shin o oku, shin o eru
    to put one's trust (in something), to gain someone's trust

Related terms[edit]

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Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

信 • (sin)

  1. believe/trust

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

信 (tín, tin)

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References[edit]

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