信 — Chinese character
信
xìn
to trust, to believe; letter, sign
- Pinyin
- xìn
- Radical
- 9 ⼈ (Man)
- Strokes
- 9
- Components
- 亻 言
- Japanese
- 信 as a kanji
Common words with 信
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信息 | xìn xī | information; news; message |
| 相信 | xiāng xìn | to believe; to be convinced; to accept as true |
| 信号 (信號) | xìn hào | signal |
| 信仰 | xìn yǎng | to believe in (a religion); firm belief |
| 信任 | xìn rèn | to trust; to have confidence in |
| 信心 | xìn xīn | confidence; faith (in sb or sth) |
| 通信 | tōng xìn | to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications |
| 电信 (電信) | diàn xìn | telecommunications |
| 信用 | xìn yòng | trustworthiness; (commerce) credit |
| 自信 | zì xìn | to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence |
| 信念 | xìn niàn | faith; belief |
| 信用卡 | xìn yòng kǎ | credit card |
English words written with 信
信 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Tao Te Ching 15 · Analects 38 · Art of War 5 · I Ching 2 · Mencius 30 · Zhuangzi 41 · Great Learning 2 · Doctrine of the Mean 10
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 8
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 17
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 21
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 23
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 38
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 49
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 63
- Tao Te Ching Chapter 81
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