信

See also: 伩

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

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

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

simp. and trad.		信
alt. forms		伩 㐰

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xìn (xin⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄣˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): seon³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): 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/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • Jyutping: seon³
    • Yale: seun
    • Cantonese Pinyin: soen³
    • IPA ^(key): /sɵn³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: sin
    • Hakka Romanization System: xin
    • Hagfa Pinyim: xin⁴
    • IPA: /ɕin⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sìn
    • Tâi-lô: sìn
    • Phofsit Daibuun: sixn
    • IPA (Taipei): /ɕin¹¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /ɕin²¹/

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• Dialectal data▼

Variety	Location	edit 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/

Verb

信

1. to believe; to trust in something

   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.]

   From: John 1.7

   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。  ―  Wǒ cái bù xìn ne.  ―  I don't believe it/you.

2. 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.)

Adverb

信

1. at will

   信口雌黃 / 信口雌黄  ―  xìnkǒu cíhuáng  ―  to make irresponsible remarks (lit. to correct someone with at will)

2. truly; indeed

Noun

信

1. letter (written communication)   (Classifier: 封 m c)
2. information

   信息  ―  xìnxī  ―  news, message

3. trust

   信任  ―  xìnrèn  ―  trust

4. evidence

   信物  ―  xìnwù  ―  token, keepsake

Compounds

• 信以為真／信以为真
• 信仰 (xìnyǎng)
• 信任 (xìnrèn)
• 信使
• 信匯／信汇
• 信口開合／信口开合
• 信口開河／信口开河 (xìnkǒu-kāihé)
• 信史
• 信天翁 (xìntiānwēng)
• 信奉 (xìnfèng)
• 信子
• 信守
• 信實／信实
• 信封 (xìnfēng)
• 信徒 (xìntú)

• 信心 (xìnxīn)
• 信念 (xìnniàn)
• 信息 (xìnxī)
• 信手
• 信手兒／信手儿
• 信手拈來／信手拈来
• 信教 (xìnjiào)
• 信服 (xìnfú)
• 信札
• 信條／信条 (xìntiáo)
• 信標燈／信标灯
• 信物
• 信用 (xìnyòng)
• 信筆／信笔

• 信筆塗鴉／信笔涂鸦
• 信管
• 信紙／信纸
• 信義／信义 (xìnyì)
• 信號／信号 (xìnhào)
• 信號燈／信号灯 (xìnhàodēng)
• 信託／信托 (xìntuō)
• 信譽／信誉 (xìnyù)
• 信貸／信贷 (xìndài)
• 信賞必罰／信赏必罚
• 信賴／信赖 (xìnlài)
• 信風／信风
• 信馬由韁／信马由缰
• 信鳥／信鸟

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Japanese

Kanji

信

(grade 4 “Kyōiku” kanji)

Readings

• Goon: しん (shin)
• Kan’on: しん (shin)
• Kun: まこと (makoto) (non-Jōyō reading)
• Nanori: のぶ (nobu)

Compounds

Compounds

信愛 信越 信管 信疑 信義 (しんぎ) ‎(shingi): faith 信教 信仰 (しんこう) ‎(shinkō): belief, faith; to have faith in a religion, profess faith in 信金 信経 信玄袋 信号 (しんごう) ‎(shingō): a signal; traffic lights 信士 信実 (しんじつ) ‎(shinjitsu): sincerity, honesty, truth, faithfulness 信者 (しんじゃ) ‎(shinja): a believer 信受 信書 信女 信証 信賞必罰 信条 信心 (しんじん) ‎(shinjin) 信託 (しんたく) ‎(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 (しんてんおう) ‎(shinten'ō) 信徒 (しんと) ‎(shinto): one who believes in a religion; a believer 信任 (しんにん) ‎(shinnin): trust, confidence, credence; to trust, confide 信認 信念 信販 信伏, 信服, 信腹 信奉 (しんぽう) ‎(shinpō): belief, faith 信望 信約 信用 (しんよう) ‎(shin'yō): confidence, trust 信頼 (しんらい) ‎(shinrai): reliance, trust, confidence 信憑

Noun

信 ‎(hiragana しん, romaji 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

Related terms

信 (しん)じる ‎(shinjiru): to believe; to trust; to believe in 信 (しん)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