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xìnletter; to believe

Theme
Things
Level
HSK 3
Strokes
9
Syllable
xin

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.

信 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Examples

我给你写了一封信。

Wǒ gěi nǐ xiě le yī fēng xìn.

I wrote you a letter.

  • I
  • gěito give; for
  • you
  • xiěto write
  • lecompleted action marker
  • one
  • fēngmeasure word for letters
  • 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.

  • I
  • 昨天zuótiānyesterday
  • shōuto receive
  • dàoto arrive; until
  • lecompleted action marker
  • he
  • depossessive particle
  • 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.

  • xīnnew
  • xiàdown; to go down; next
  • xiēsome; a few