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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.

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
用 yòng
to use, to employ, to apply; use
radical 101 ⽤ · 5 strokes

Other Chinese words for “trustworthiness”

WordPinyinMeaning
诚信 (誠信)chéng xìnhonesty; trustworthiness; good faith

Related words

Other words that share a character with 信用.

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
信心xìn xīnconfidence; faith (in sb or sth)
使用shǐ yòngto use; to employ
利用lì yòngto exploit; to make use of

See also: Japanese symbol for “trustworthiness”.

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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