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Chinese symbol for “confidence”

信心
xìn xīn
confidence; faith (in sb or sth); 个 (gè)

The closest CC-CEDICT match for confidence is 信心 (xìn xīn), defined as: confidence; faith (in sb or sth); 个 (gè).

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

信 xìn
to trust, to believe; letter, sign
radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes
心 xīn
heart; mind; soul
radical 61 ⼼ · 4 strokes

Other Chinese words for “confidence”

WordPinyinMeaning
信xìnletter; mail
底气 (底氣)dǐ qìlung capacity; lung power; boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor
置信zhì xìnto believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative); (math.) confidence (interval etc)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 信心.

WordPinyinMeaning
信息xìn xīinformation; news; message
相信xiāng xìnto believe; to be convinced; to accept as true
信号 (信號)xìn hàosignal
信仰xìn yǎngto believe in (a religion); firm belief
信任xìn rènto trust; to have confidence in
中心zhōng xīncenter; heart; core
担心 (擔心)dān xīnanxious; worried
关心 (關心)guān xīnto be concerned about; to care about

See also: Japanese symbol for “confidence”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.

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