The Japanese kanji for trust: 信
The kanji for trust: 信
Yokohama Trust 信 — one of the first ports opened to the world. A person (亻) beside their word (言): a person who keeps their word.
- Meaning
- trust, faith, belief
- Kun reading
- none in everyday use
- On reading
- SHIN (from Chinese)
- Strokes
- 9
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- Yokohama Trust 信
書き順Stroke order
信 is written in 9 strokes, in this order. The red line is the new stroke at each step. Japanese is written top to bottom and left to right, and the order matters: it is what makes handwriting flow.
Stroke data from KanjiVG by Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
使い方In everyday Japanese
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 自信 | jishin | confidence |
| 信頼 | shinrai | trust, reliance |
敬意Wearing it
Reads as trust or belief. It also turns up in everyday words like 信号 (shingō, traffic light), but on its own the meaning a Japanese reader takes is trust.
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