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Kanji: 信

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JLPT Level:
JLPT N3 (lower intermediate level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 7 (completion of 4th grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 4th grade in Japan
Radical:
人(亻)
Radical name:
ひと(にんべん)
Meaning:
Faith, truth, fidelity, trust
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 200 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N3
(しんこう)
(religious) faith, belief, creed
N3
(しんごう)
traffic lights, signal, semaphore
N3
(しん)じる
to believe, to place trust in
N3
(しんよう)
confidence, dependence, credit, faith
N3
(しんらい)
reliance, trust, confidence
N3
(つうしん)
correspondence, communication, news, signal
N2
(しん)ずる
to believe, to believe in, to place trust in
N2
(めいしん)
superstition
N1
(かくしん)
conviction, confidence
N1
(しんじゃ)
believer, adherent, devotee, Christian
N1
(しんにん)
trust, confidence, credence
N1
(じしん)
self-confidence
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