Hanja Analyzer
信

信 — sin

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
믿을 신
Romanization
sin
English
trust, believe; letter
Mandarin
xìn
Japanese on'yomi
シン
Japanese kun'yomi
たより まかせる まこと
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 4
Newspaper frequency
#208 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
人 (9, 7 residual)
Unicode
U+4FE1

Parts that make up 信

  • 亻 사람 인variant of 人 옆에서 본 사람사람과 사람이 하는 일, 사람의 됨됨이
  • 言 말씀 언, 심사 화평할 은 혀 위에 표를 더한 모양말하고 적는 일

How 信 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 信 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 人, 言.

Korean example words with 信

  • 신봉信封 Korean gloss: 편지 봉투
  • 안신安信 Korean gloss: 평안한 소식
  • 경신敬信 Korean gloss: 공경하며 믿음
  • 과신過信 Korean gloss: 지나치게 믿음
  • 내신內信 Korean gloss: 나라 안의 소식
  • 신념信念 Korean gloss: 굳게 믿는 마음
  • 신앙信仰 Korean gloss: 믿고 받드는 일
  • 소신小信 Korean gloss: 작은 신뢰와 의리
  • 신실信實 Korean gloss: 믿음직하고 착실함
  • 신약信約 Korean gloss: 믿음으로써 약속함
  • 신자信者 Korean gloss: 종교를 믿는 사람
  • 신증信證 Korean gloss: 믿을 수 있는 증거

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 信

  • 信しん honesty; sincerity; fidelity
  • 通信つうしん correspondence; communication; transmission
  • 自信じしん self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
  • 信用しんよう confidence; trust; faith
  • 信頼しんらい trust (in); confidence; faith
  • 不信ふしん distrust; mistrust; disbelief
  • 信託しんたく trust; entrusting; leaving in someone's trust
  • 不信任ふしんにん non-confidence; lack of confidence
  • 信号しんごう signal; signalling; signaling
  • 受信じゅしん receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
  • 信仰しんこう (religious) faith; belief; creed
  • 信念しんねん belief; faith; conviction

Other hanja read “신”

Other hanja with radical 人

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