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Chinese symbol for “conviction”

信仰
xìn yǎng
to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction

The closest CC-CEDICT match for conviction is 信仰 (xìn yǎng), defined as: to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction.

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
仰 yǎng
raise the head to look; look up to, rely on, admire
radical 9 ⼈ · 6 strokes

Other Chinese words for “conviction”

WordPinyinMeaning
信念xìn niànfaith; belief

Related words

Other words that share a character with 信仰.

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
信任xìn rènto trust; to have confidence in
信心xìn xīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
仰望yǎng wàngto look up at; to look up to sb hopefully
敬仰jìng yǎngto revere; highly esteemed
仰慕yǎng mùto admire

See also: Japanese symbol for “conviction”.

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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