U+4FE1 "信" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
信
U+4FE1 "信" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a widely used Chinese character that primarily conveys the meanings of "trust," "belief," "faith," or "truth," and it also functions as a verb meaning "to believe" or "to trust." It is commonly found in words and phrases related to communication and honesty, such as "信息" meaning "information" and "信任" meaning "trust." The character is composed of the radical "亻" indicating a person, combined with "言" meaning "speech" or "words," reflecting the concept that trustworthy words come from a person. In Japanese, it is frequently used in contexts like "信頼" for "reliance" and serves as a fundamental element in both formal and everyday writing across East Asian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+4FE1 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 信 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 信 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE4 0xBF 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x4FE1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00004FE1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u4fe1 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | AB48 |
| kCCCII | 213157 |
| kCNS1986 | 1-4F6A |
| kCNS1992 | 1-4F6A |
| kCangjie | OYMR |
| kCantonese | seon3 |
| kCihaiT | 109.201 |
| kCowles | 3743 |
| kDaeJaweon | 0224.020 |
| kDefinition | trust, believe; letter |
| kEACC | 213157 |
| kFanqie | 息晉 |
| kFenn | 740A |
| kFennIndex | 183.03 |
| kFourCornerCode | 2026.1 |
| kGB0 | 4837 |
| kGB1 | 4837 |
| kGradeLevel | 1 |
| kGSR | 0384a |
| kHangul | 신:0E |
| kHanYu | 10165.010 |
| kHanyuPinlu | xìn(1068) |
| kHanyuPinyin | 10165.010:xìn,shēn |
| kHKGlyph | 0147 |
| kIICore | AGTJHKMP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 0224.020 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 10165.010 |
| kIRGKangXi | 0105.250 |
| kIRG_GSource | G0-5045 |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-AB48 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-3F2E |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-E5C8 |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-6361 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-4F6A |
| kIRG_VSource | V1-4B50 |
| kJapanese | シン たより まかせる まこと |
| kJoyoKanji | 2010 |
| kKoreanEducationHanja | 2007 |
| kTGH | 2013:1570 |
| kJapaneseKun | MAKOTO TAYORI MAKASERU |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN |
| kJis0 | 3114 |
| kKangXi | 0105.250 |
| kKarlgren | 234 |
| kKorean | SIN |
| kLau | 2963 |
| kMainlandTelegraph | 0207 |
| kMandarin | xìn |
| kMatthews | 2748 |
| kMeyerWempe | 2885 |
| kMojiJoho | MJ006788 |
| kMorohashi | 00707 |
| kNelson | 0454 |
| kPhonetic | 1268 1489 1575 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+2548+9.2.7 C+2548+149.7.2 |
| kRSUnicode | 9.7 |
| kSBGY | 392.04 |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 31.03 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | xìn粵seon3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 0207 |
| kTang | *sìn |
| kTGHZ2013 | 407.190:xìn |
| kTotalStrokes | 9 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | GHJKMPT |
| kVietnamese | tín |
| kXerox | 242:174 |
| kXHC1983 | 1284.101,1284.110:xìn |