信
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Translingual[edit]
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Han character[edit]
信 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+7, 9 strokes, cangjie input 人卜一口 (OYMR), four-corner 20261, composition ⿰亻言)
Derived characters[edit]
References[edit]
- KangXi: page 105, character 25
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 707
- Dae Jaweon: page 224, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 165, character 1
- Unihan data for U+4FE1
Chinese[edit]
Glyph origin[edit]
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References:
Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation),
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Ideogrammic compound (會意) and phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *hljins): phonetic 人 (OC *njin, “person”) + semantic 言 (“word”).
Etymology 1[edit]
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信 | |
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2nd round simp. | 伩 | |
alternative forms | 㐰 孞 |
Schuessler (2007) reconstructs the Old Chinese minimally as *sin and suggests possible derivation from 允 (OC *winʔ, “to trust; to be true”).
Alternatively, Sagart and Baxter (2012) reconstruct *s-niŋ-s (*s-ni[ŋ]-s in Baxter and Sagart, 2014) and suggest a derivation from 仁 (OC *niŋ, “kind”) with the prefix *s-, probably used to increase its valency.
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
信
- true; accurate; verifiable
- truly; indeed
- 信可樂也。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
- From: 353 CE, Wang Xizhi, Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion
- Xìn kě lè yě. [Pinyin]
- Truly, what an enjoyable occasion it was!
信可乐也。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]
- trustworthy
- to believe; to trust in something
- trust; confidence; faith
- to believe in (a faith); to be religious in
- at will
- letter (written communication) (Classifier: 封 m c mn)
- message; news; information
- 信息 ― xìnxī ― news, message
- evidence
- 信物 ― xìnwù ― token, keepsake
- courier; messenger
- (mineralogy) arsenolite
- A surname: Xin
Synonyms[edit]
- (true):
- (to believe):
- (to believe in a faith): 信仰 (xìnyǎng)
- (letter):
- (information):
- (evidence):
Compounds[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
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信 |
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Via 假借 (jiǎjiè, “borrowing”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Definitions[edit]
信
- Alternative form of 申 (shēn, “to express; to state”).
- 《春秋》貴義而不貴惠,信道而不信邪。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Commentary of Guliang, circa 206 BCE– 9 CE
- “Chūnqiū” guì yì ér bù guì huì, shēn dào ér bù shēn xié. [Pinyin]
- The Spring and Autumn Annals treasure deeds of righteousness rather than the dispensation of favour, and advocate the just principles instead of corrupt ways.
《春秋》贵义而不贵惠,信道而不信邪。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- Alternative form of 伸 (shēn, “to extend”).
References[edit]
- “信”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)[1], 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
Japanese[edit]
Kanji[edit]
Readings[edit]
- Go-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
- Kan-on: しん (shin, Jōyō)
- Nanori: し (shi); しが (shiga); しな (shina); しの (shino); しぶ (shibu); とき (toki); のび (nobi); のぶ (nobu); まこと (makoto)
Compounds[edit]
- 信愛
- 信越
- 信管
- 信疑
- 信義 (shingi): faith
- 信教
- 信仰 (shinkō): belief, faith; to have faith in a religion, profess faith in
- 信金
- 信経
- 信玄袋
- 信号 (shingō): a signal; traffic lights
- 信士
- 信実 (shinjitsu): sincerity, honesty, truth, faithfulness
- 信者 (shinja): a believer
- 信受
- 信書
- 信女
- 信証
- 信賞必罰
- 信条
- 信心 (shinjin)
- 信託 (shintaku): a trust, an entrustment; leaving things up to a trusted party; to set up a financial trust; to leave in trust
- 信天翁 (shinten'ō)
- 信徒 (shinto): one who believes in a religion; a believer
- 信任 (shinnin): trust, confidence, credence; to trust, confide
- 信認
- 信念
- 信販
- 信伏, 信服, 信腹
- 信奉 (shinpō): belief, faith
- 信望
- 信約
- 信用 (shin'yō): confidence, trust
- 信頼 (shinrai): reliance, trust, confidence
- 信憑 (shinpyō)
Noun[edit]
- trust, faith
- 信を置く、信を得る
- shin o oku, shin o eru
- to put one's trust (in something), to gain someone's trust
- 信を置く、信を得る
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