Chinese symbol for “truthful”
信
xìn
letter; mail; measure word: 封 (fēng); to trust
The closest CC-CEDICT match for truthful is 信 (xìn), defined as: letter; mail; measure word: 封 (fēng); to trust; to believe; to profess faith in.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 信.
| 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) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “truthful”.
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.