Chinese symbol for “faith”

信念

xìn niàn

faith; belief; conviction

The closest CC-CEDICT match for faith is 信念 (xìn niàn), defined as: faith; belief; conviction.

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Characters and stroke order

信 xìn

to trust, to believe; letter, sign

radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

念 niàn

to think of, to recall; to study

radical 61 ⼼ · 8 strokes

Other Chinese words for “faith”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
信心	xìn xīn	confidence; faith (in sb or sth)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 信念.

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)
概念	gài niàn	concept; idea
纪念 (紀念)	jì niàn	to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir

See also: Japanese symbol for “faith”.

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.