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Kanji Detail for 信 - "trust, faith, letter"

信

  • Meaning

    信 means "trust, faith, letter."

    1. Trust - To believe in; to rely on.

    2. Faith - Confidence; belief.

    3. Letter - A written message.

  • Words using 信

    • 通信 つうしん Listen correspondence; communication; transmission
    • 自信 じしん Listen self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
    • 不信 ふしん Listen distrust; mistrust; disbelief
    • 信用 しんよう Listen confidence; trust; faith
    • 信頼 しんらい Listen trust (in); confidence; faith
    • 信託 しんたく Listen trust; entrusting; leaving in someone's trust
    • 不信任 ふしんにん Listen non-confidence; lack of confidence
    • 信号 しんごう Listen signal; signalling; signaling

  • Four-character idioms with 信

    • 半信半疑 はんしんはんぎ Listen half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious
    • 信賞必罰 しんしょうひつばつ Listen rewards and punishments; rewarding good conduct and punishing evildoing
    • 音信不通 おんしんふつう Listen break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with

  • Tattoo check: 信

    • Verified meaning: trust, faith, letter
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あきら, しの, しん, しんじ)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 信

    Given names 信(あきら)Listen 信(しの)Listen 信(しん)Listen 信(のぶ)Listen 信(まこと)Listen

    Surnames 信(しんじ)Listen 信(のぶかつ)Listen 信(のぶさき)Listen 信(のぶじ)Listen 信(のぶたか)Listen 信(のぶつぐ)Listen 信(のぶる)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    faith; truth; fidelity; trust

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    trust, believe; letter

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    letter; mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to trust, to believe; letter, sign

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Without error. Such as 忠信 (loyal and trustworthy). Also, without doubt. Such as 相信 (believe), 信用 (trust). | One night's stay is called 舍; two nights' stay is called 信. See (Zuo Zhuan). | Tokens of authentication are called 信. Such as 印信 (official seal), 信票 (certificate). | Interchangeable with 訊. Ancients called messengers 信. Today's 書信, 信札 (letters) originate from this. Also, news is called 信. Such as 風信 (wind tidings), 霜信 (frost tidings). | Arsite has the alternative name 信石, named after being produced in Xinzhou. Xinzhou is in present-day Jiangxi, with its former seat in today's Shangrao County.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    shin(シン) シン

  • Kunyomi

    tip
    none

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    人 亻 (hito・nimben・hitogashira・hitoyane)

  • Related Keywords

    trust faith letter mark sign sincerity belief assurance confidence conviction devotion fidelity honesty loyalty message truthfulness

Sentences including 信

  • I am sure of his passing the exam.

  • I have faith in your ability to do the right thing.

  • No one will trust his story.

  • I'm sure that our team will win.

  • We are sure of his success.

  • Nobody will believe that rumor.

  • We took his story on trust.

  • His name is mud.

  • His story is strange , but it's believable.

  • He could not believe his eyes.

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