信 – faith, truth, fidelity

9 strokesTaught in grade 4#208 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 信 means faith, truth, fidelity, trust. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin). It is written with 9 strokes, under radical 人 (no. 9).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	シン	shin

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 人 (Kangxi radical 9). Components: 化・言.

Words using 信

信仰しんこう(religious) faith信号しんごうsignal信用しんようconfidence信頼しんらいtrust (in)通信つうしんcorrespondence信じるしんじるto believe迷信めいしんsuperstition信ずるしんずるto believe確信かくしんconviction信者しんじゃbeliever信任しんにんtrust

Example sentences

キリスト教を信仰していますか。

Do you believe in Christianity?

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信号が青に変わったわよ。

The traffic light turned green.

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私はもう彼を信用しない。

I do not trust him any longer.

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Kanji with the same radical

会人今代体作以保件側任使係価住位

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