Kanji N3

信: faith, truth, fidelity

信 is a JLPT N3 kanji meaning faith, truth, fidelity, written with 9 strokes. It is read シン (on), and has no common kun reading. Children in Japan learn it in grade 4. You will see it in 通信 (つうしん, correspondence) and 信用 (しんよう, confidence).

信

Meanings

  • faith
  • truth
  • fidelity
  • trust
Strokes9
JLPT levelN3
School gradeGrade 4
Frequency#208 of 2,500

On reading · Kun reading

On reading
  • シン

On'yomi: from Chinese, written in katakana. Used in compound words.

Kun reading
  • None in common use

Kun'yomi: native Japanese, in hiragana. The faint part is the okurigana, written in kana after the kanji.

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Common words with 信

The most useful words written with it, easiest first. Every other kanji in them opens its own page.

  • 通信つうしん

    correspondence; communication; transmission

    JLPT N3
  • 信用しんよう

    confidence; trust; faith; reputation

    JLPT N3
  • 信頼しんらい

    trust (in); confidence; faith; reliance

    JLPT N3
  • 信号しんごう

    signal; signalling; signaling

    JLPT N3
  • 信仰しんこう

    (religious) faith; belief; creed

    JLPT N3
  • 信じるしんじる

    to believe; to believe in; to place trust in

    JLPT N3
  • 自信じしん

    self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)

    JLPT N1
  • 信任しんにん

    trust; confidence; credence

    JLPT N1

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Stroke order from KanjiVG © Ulrich Apel, CC BY-SA 3.0. Readings, meanings and words from KANJIDIC2 and JMdict, names from JMnedict, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata, CC0; the Spanish meanings they lack, translated by Naraio from their English, are shared under the same licence. Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR. JLPT lists after Jonathan Waller (tanos.co.uk), CC BY. Sentences split into words with IPADIC © NAIST and IPA, through Lindera.