Chinese Character 信 Meanings and components.

Form

信

Meaning

信 meaning[3] in English

Letter.

Mail.

Cl:封[Feng1].

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Main Components

By analyzing its shape, the hanzi[2] character 信 can be seen as a composition of 2 main shapes where their meanings are 'person' radical in … (亻) , and words (言)

Its radical[1] is: 人 (ren2) which means: Man, Person, People, Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4], .人ren2man

In cangjie it is written with OYMR

How to write 信

To write信xin4letter you should write a combination of 亻ren2'person' radical … , 言yan2words arranged in a 吅 shape:

亻 + 言 = 信

信 Stroke Order

The order of the strokes to write 信 should be followed in this specific way.

Components Tree

The composition tree, or the characters that form each component of 信, looks as follow:

信
Pinyin:xin4 Shape:吅
Meaning[3]: Letter . Mail . Cl:封[Feng1] . To Trust . To Believe . To Profess Faith In . Truthful . Confidence . Trust . At Will . At Random
亻
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: 'Person' Radical In Chinese Characters (Kangxi Radical 9)
人
Pinyin:ren2
Meaning[3]: Man . Person . People . Cl:個|个[Ge4],位[Wei4]
言
Pinyin:yan2
Meaning[3]: Words . Speech . To Say . To Talk

Notes

  • [1] A character's radical: 部bùsection 首shǒuheader Radical

  • [2] Hanzi stands for: 汉hànChinese 字zìCharacter

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