信

See also: 伩

Translingual

Stroke order

Etymology

人 + 言、to persist that one said

Han character

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

1. trust, believe
2. letter, mail

References

• 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

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Chinese

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìn (xin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³
• Hakka (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ): sin
• Min Nan (POJ): sìn

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Beijing)⁺
    • Pinyin: xìn
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄣˋ
    • Wade-Giles: hsin⁴
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shinn
    • IPA ^(key): /ɕin⁵¹/

    • (file)

• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
• Hakka
  • Romanisations:
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin
    • IPA (Siyen, including Miaoli): /ɕin⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn
    • Tâi-lô: sìn
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin²¹/

Verb

信

1. to believe
   • John 1.7

     這人來，為要作見證，叫眾人因他可以信。 [MSC, trad.]

     这人来，为要作见证，叫众人因他可以信。 [MSC, simp.]

     Zhè rén lái, wèi yào zuò jiànzhèng, jiào zhòngrén yīn tā kěyǐ xìn. [Pinyin]

     The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

   我才不信呢。 [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   Wǒ cái bù xìn ne. [Pinyin]

   I don't believe it/you.

2. to be religious in

   我父親信佛教。 [MSC, trad.]

   我父亲信佛教。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wǒ fùqīn xìn fójiào. [Pinyin]

   My father is a Buddhist. (Literally: "My father believes in Buddhism".)

Adverb

信

1. at will

   信口雌黃／信口雌黄 (xìnkǒucíhuáng)

2. ​ truly; indeed

Noun

信

1. letter
2. information

   信息 (xìnxī)

3. trust

   信任 (xìnrèn)

4. evidence

   信物 (“xìnwù”)

Compounds

• 信笔
• 辛比涂鸦
• 信标灯
• 信贷
• 信风
• 信封
• 信奉
• 信服
• 信管
• 信号
• 信号灯
• 信汇
• 信教
• 信口开河、信口开合
• 信赖
• 信马由缰
• 信念
• 信鸟
• 信任
• 信赏必罚
• 信实
• 信史
• 信使
• 信手、信手儿
• 信手拈来
• 信守
• 信天翁
• 信条
• 信托
• 信物
• 信息 (xìnxī)
• 信心
• 信仰
• 信以为真
• 信义
• 信用
• 信誉
• 信子
• 信札
• 信纸

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Japanese

Kanji

信

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• On: しん (shin)
• Kun: まこと (makoto), たより (tayori), まかせる (makaseru)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu)

Noun

信 (hiragana しん, romaji shin)

1. trust, faith
   • 信を置く.

     しんをおく.

     Shin o oku.

     Put one's trust in.

   • 信を問う.

     しんをとう.

     Shin o tou.

     Make an appeal to one's sense of trust no man.

Compounds

• 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, “believer”)
• 信受
• 信書
• 信女
• 信証
• 信賞必罰
• 信条
• 信心
• 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
• 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
• 信頼 (shinrai, “reliance, trust, confidence”)
• 信憑

Related terms

• 信じる (shinjiru, “to believe; to trust; to believe in”)
• 信ずる (shinzuru, “to believe, put trust in”)

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Korean

Hanja

信 (sin)
Eumhun:

• Sound (hangeul): 신 (revised: sin, McCune-Reischauer: sin)

• Name (hangeul): 믿을()

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Vietnamese

Han character

信 (tín, tin)

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References

• Nom Foundation