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Kanji Information Sheet for 信 ( PDF version )
Bushu (Radical) Info:
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
人 (ひと) – person
化 (カ, ケ, ば.ける, ば.かす, ふ.ける, け.する) – change; take the form of; influence; enchant; delude; -ization
个 (カ , コ, こ, ひ) – counter for articles; individual
Henshall Mnemonic: person's word is believed and trusted
Levels: JLPT N3 | JLPT 2 (old) | Grade 4
Frequency: #208 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Frequency: #208 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:
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JLPT N3 Words
- 通信 [つうしん]
(n,vs) correspondence; communication; news; signal [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信じる [しんじる]
(v1) to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信仰 [しんこう]
(n,vs) (religious) faith; belief; creed [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信号 [しんごう]
(n,vs) traffic lights; signal; semaphore [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信用 [しんよう]
(n,vs) confidence; dependence; credit; faith; reliance; belief; credence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信頼 [しんらい]
(n,vs) reliance; trust; confidence [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N2 Words
- 信ずる [しんずる]
(vz) to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in [K] [D] [Jisho] - 迷信 [めいしん]
(n) superstition [K] [D] [Jisho]
JLPT N1 Words
- 確信 [かくしん]
(n,vs) conviction; confidence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 自信 [じしん]
(n) self-confidence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信者 [しんじゃ]
(n) believer; adherent; devotee; Christian [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信任 [しんにん]
(n,vs) trust; confidence; credence [K] [D] [Jisho]
Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT
- 受信 [じゅしん]
(n,vs) reception (e.g. radio) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 受信機 [じゅしんき]
(n) (television, radio, etc.) receiver [K] [D] [Jisho] - 送信 [そうしん]
(n,vs) transmission [K] [D] [Jisho] - 配信 [はいしん]
(n,vs) distribution [K] [D] [Jisho] - 返信 [へんしん]
(n,vs) reply [K] [D] [Jisho] - 発信 [はっしん]
(n) dispatch; transmission [K] [D] [Jisho] - 電信 [でんしん]
(n) telegraph [K] [D] [Jisho] - 通信衛星 [つうしんえいせい]
communication satellite; Broadcast Satellite; BS [K] [D] [Jisho] - 赤信号 [あかしんごう]
(n) red light (traffic) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 逓信 [ていしん]
(n) communications (e.g. post, tele.) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 通信社 [つうしんしゃ]
(n) news agency [K] [D] [Jisho] - 外信 [がいしん]
(n) external communication [K] [D] [Jisho] - 通信販売 [つうしんはんばい]
mail order [K] [D] [Jisho] - 通信網 [つうしんもう]
(n) communications network [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信 [まこと]
(adv,n) truth; faith; fidelity; sincerity; trust; confidence; reliance; devotion [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信義 [しんぎ]
(n) faith; fidelity; loyalty [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信金 [しんきん]
(n) credit union (guild) [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信号機 [しんごうき]
(n) signal; semaphore [K] [D] [Jisho] - データ通信 [データつうしん]
(n) data communication [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信条 [しんじょう]
(n) creed; belief; article of faith [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信託 [しんたく]
(n,vs) trust; entrusting [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不信 [ふしん]
(n) unfaithfulness; insincerity; perfidy; mistrust; distrust; discredit [K] [D] [Jisho] - 信徒 [しんと]
(n) layman; believer; adherent; follower; laity [K] [D] [Jisho] - 不信任 [ふしんにん]
(n) non-confidence; lack of confidence [K] [D] [Jisho] - 妄信 [ぼうしん]
(n) blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity [K] [D] [Jisho]
Acknowledgments
The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.
The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.
Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.
The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.
If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.