Chinese symbol for “trustworthiness”

信用

xìn yòng

trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint

The closest CC-CEDICT match for trustworthiness is 信用 (xìn yòng), defined as: trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint.

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Characters and stroke order

信 xìn

to trust, to believe; letter, sign

radical 9 ⼈ · 9 strokes

用 yòng

to use, to employ, to apply; use

radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “trustworthiness”

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
诚信 (誠信)	chéng xìn	honesty; trustworthiness; good faith

Related words

Other words that share a character with 信用.

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)
使用	shǐ yòng	to use; to employ
利用	lì yòng	to exploit; to make use of

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