信

xìn

letter

mail; CL:封[feng1]; to trust; to believe; to profess faith in; truthful; confidence; trust; at will; at random

person (亻) + words (言) = trust and letters

A person's words are their bond — when speech aligns with character, trust naturally follows. This ancient pairing captures both the act of writing letters and the quality of being trustworthy.

亻+言→信
亻A personSemantic
言SpeechSemantic

他写了一封信给远方的朋友。

tā xiě le yī fēng xìn gěi yuǎn fāng de péng yǒu。

He wrote a letter to a friend far away.

你信他说的话吗?

nǐ xìn tā shuō de huà ma?

Do you believe what he said?

Words with 信

信教

xìn jiào

religious belief

轻信

qīng xìn

to easily trust; gullible; naïve

中信银行

zhōng xìn yín háng

China CITIC Bank

信息管理

xìn xī guǎn lǐ

information management

据信

jù xìn

according to belief

致信

zhì xìn

to send a letter to

信誉

xìn yù

prestige

忠信

zhōng xìn

faithful and honest

信息化

xìn xī huà

informatization (the Information Age analog of industrialization)

信宜

xìn yí

see 信宜市[Xin4 yi2 Shi4]

信纸

xìn zhǐ

letter paper

推荐信

tuī jiàn xìn

recommendation letter

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