xìn

trust

Conveys trusting () what a person () says (). is also a sound component.

Components
亻 sound,meaning component

  Sound Meaning component

rén

  

person

is a component form of .

言 meaning component

  Meaning component

yán

  

speech

Evolution

信 Bronze script Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)

Bronze script

Late Western Zhou (~800 BC)
信 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
信 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
信 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

 

xìn

trust, believe; letter; mail; CL:[fēng]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random

Most common words with 信
Freq.
Word
Meaning

相信

to believe

letter

信息

news

信任

to trust

信号

signal