Meaning & readings
faith, truth, fidelity, trust
On’yomi シン
Nanori し、しが、しな、しの、しぶ、とき、のび、のぶ、まこと
Origin
The character combines a person (the left-side element meaning human) with words or speech (the right side). When a person and their words align — when what they say matches reality and they keep their promises — that creates trust and faith. The pairing captures the idea that reliability comes from a person's consistent speech and honesty, which is why this character means faith, truth, and fidelity.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Compound ideographic (combined meanings).
Components
- 亻
- 言
Common words
- 威信 いしん prestige; dignity
- 外信 がいしん external communication
- 確信 かくしん conviction; belief
- 交信 こうしん telecommunications; correspondence
- 自信 じしん self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
- 受信 じゅしん receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
- 所信 しょしん belief; conviction
- 信義 しんぎ faith; fidelity
Reference
- Strokes
- 9
- Kangxi radical
- 9
- Grade
- Grade 4 (Kyōiku)
- Frequency rank
- #208 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 2
- Unicode
- U+04FE1