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).
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).