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信 — 9 strokes ／ Radical「亻」

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7Elementary year 4 ／ 9 strokes ／ Radical「亻」
On
シンしん · shin
Kun
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Meaning
trust, believe, faith

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A person (人) and words (言): a person's word is truthful, meaning to trust.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onシンしんshin信用しんよう信頼しんらい通信つうしん

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 信号しんごう

    traffic light, signal

  • 自信じしん

    confidence

More words with this kanji

  • 半信半疑はんしんはんぎ
  • 信頼しんらい
  • 通信網つうしんもう
  • 信仰しんこう
  • 信託しんたく
  • 逓信ていしん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

赤(あか)い信号(しんごう)では止(と)まりましょう。

Let's stop at the red light.

IDIOMS

Idioms with this kanji

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

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CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Map of radical 亻Map of reading シンAll maps

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