信

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

Translingual[edit]

Stroke order
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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
alt. forms 伩
㐰

Glyph origin[edit]

Historical forms of the character 信
Large seal script
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L36442
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L21999
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L22000
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L22001
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L22002
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L22003
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L22004
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L22005
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L22006
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L22007
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L22008
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L22009
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L22010
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L22011
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L22012
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L22013
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L22014
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L22015
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L22016
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L22017
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L22018
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L22019
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L22020
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Small seal script
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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 (large seal) and
  • Xu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

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

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
  2. truly; indeed
  3. trustworthy
  4. to believe; to trust in something
    我才不信呢。  ―  Wǒ cái bù xìn ne.  ―  I don't believe it/you.
  5. trust; confidence; faith
    信任  ―  xìnrèn  ―  trust
  6. 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.)
  7. at will
    信口雌黃 / 信口雌黄  ―  xìnkǒu cíhuáng  ―  to make irresponsible remarks (lit. to correct someone with at will)
  8. letter (written communication) (Classifier: 封 m c)
  9. message; news; information
    信息  ―  xìnxī  ―  news, message
  10. evidence
    信物  ―  xìnwù  ―  token, keepsake

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)を取 (と)る
    shin o oku, shin o toru
    to put one's trust (in something), to gain someone's trust

Related terms[edit]

Related terms

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

信 • (sin)

  • Eumhun:
    • Sound (hangeul): 신 (revised: sin, McCune-Reischauer: sin)
    • Name (hangeul): 믿을
  1. believe/trust

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

信 (tín, tin)

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References[edit]

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