信 — trust, believe, faith
しん
信
trust
Grade 4
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
9 strokes
mind
internet
religion
U+4FE1
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #208
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #963
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
Meanings
- trust
- believe
- faith
- message
word
しん shin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
信
shin
faith
信
じ
る
shinjiru
to believe
通
信
tsuushin
communication
自
信
jishin
self-confidence
信
用
shinyou
trust
配
信
haishin
distribution
発
信
hasshin
transmission
受
信
jushin
reception
送
信
soushin
transmission
返
信
henshin
reply
信
号
shingou
traffic light
信
者
shinja
believer
信
念
shinnen
belief
不
信
fushin
distrust
共
同
通
信
kyoudoutsuushin
Kyodo News (agency)
着
信
chakushin
incoming message
信
徒
shinto
believer
信
州
shinshuu
Shinshu
信
心
shinjin
faith
確
信
kakushin
conviction
信
条
shinjou
creed
信
頼
shinrai
trust
信
仰
shinkou
faith
信
託
shintaku
trust
逓
信
teishin
communications (postal/telegraph)
のぶ nobu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Components
Composed of
Compound ideograph (会意). A person (亻, from 人) standing by their words (言). Trust and belief come from a person who keeps their word. The character embodies the Confucian virtue of sincerity (信義).