信xìnletter; to believe
How 信 is written
Stroke order matters: it sets the proportions of the character and how a reader will parse it. In the trainer these same boxes reject a stroke drawn out of turn.
Examples
我给你写了一封信。
Wǒ gěi nǐ xiě le yī fēng xìn.
I wrote you a letter.
- 我wǒI
- 给gěito give; for
- 你nǐyou
- 写xiěto write
- 了lecompleted action marker
- 一yīone
- 封fēngmeasure word for letters
- 信xìnletter; to believe
我昨天收到了他的信。
Wǒ zuótiān shōu dào le tā de xìn.
I received his letter yesterday.
- 我wǒI
- 昨天zuótiānyesterday
- 收shōuto receive
- 到dàoto arrive; until
- 了lecompleted action marker
- 他tāhe
- 的depossessive particle
- 信xìnletter; to believe
Not to be confused with
Characters that look or sound alike. The trainer mixes them into the answer options for exactly that reason — so the difference sticks.
- 新xīnnew
- 下xiàdown; to go down; next
- 些xiēsome; a few