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).
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “confidence”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 信 | xìn | letter; mail |
| 底气 (底氣) | dǐ qì | lung capacity; lung power; boldness; confidence; self-assurance; vigor |
| 置信 | zhì xìn | to believe (what sb claims) (usually used in the negative); (math.) confidence (interval etc) |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 信心.
| 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 |
| 中心 | zhōng xīn | center; heart; core |
| 担心 (擔心) | dān xīn | anxious; worried |
| 关心 (關心) | guān xīn | to 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.