Japanese symbol for “incredulous”
半信半疑
はんしんはんぎ
Romaji: hanshinhangi
half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
In Japanese, incredulous is 半信半疑, read はんしんはんぎ (hanshinhangi).
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Meanings
- adj-no, n half in doubt; half-convinced; dubious; incredulous
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “incredulous”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 疑い深い | うたがいぶかい utagaibukai | doubting; distrustful; incredulous |
| 疑り深い | うたぐりぶかい utaguribukai | doubting; distrustful; incredulous |
| 懐疑的 | かいぎてき kaigiteki | skeptical; sceptical; incredulous |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 半分 | はんぶん hanbun | half |
| 後半 | こうはん kouhan | second half; latter half |
| 前半 | ぜんはん zenhan | first half |
| 大半 | たいはん taihan | majority; more than half; most (of) |
| 半年 | はんとし hantoshi | half a year; six months |
| 半ば | なかば nakaba | middle; halfway; midway |
| 通信 | つうしん tsuushin | correspondence; communication; transmission |
| 信頼 | しんらい shinrai | trust (in); confidence; faith |
| 疑問 | ぎもん gimon | doubt; question; suspicion |
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.