信

Meaning

Believe, trust, message · creer, confianza

Readings

• On (音読み): シン
• Kun (訓読み): —

Example words

• 信じる（しんじる）— to believe
• 信号（しんごう）— traffic light; signal
• 自信（じしん）— self-confidence

Structure

Radical 人 written as 亻 here (ひと・にんべん · Person) · 9 strokes · school grade 4

Watch out

Person + words (言): someone you take at their word. 自信 (confidence) and 地震 (earthquake) are both じしん — context decides. 信じる is ichidan: 信じて, 信じない.