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śraddhā
信 can mean to believe, truth, faith, fidelity, sincerity, trust, and confidence in Chinese, old Korean Hanja, and Japanese Kanji.
This single character is often part of other words with similar meanings.
It is one of the five basic tenets of Confucius.
In Chinese, it sometimes has the secondary meaning of a letter (as in the mail) depending on context but it will not be read that way when seen on a wall scroll.
In the Buddhist context, this is śraddhā (faith through hearing or being taught).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your hsin search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
信 see styles |
xìn xin4 hsin shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Honesty / Fidelity(1) honesty; sincerity; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; confidence; (3) (religious) faith; devotion; (counter) (4) counter for received messages; (female given name) Yuki śraddhā. Faith; to believe; belief; faith regarded as the faculty of the mind which sees, appropriates, and trusts the things of religion; it joyfully trusts in the Buddha, in the pure virtue of the triratna and earthly and transcendental goodness; it is the cause of the pure life, and the solvent of doubt. Two forms are mentioned: (1) adhimukti, intuition, tr. by self-assured enlightenment. (2) śraddhā, faith through hearing or being taught. For the Awakening of Faith, Śraddhotpāda, v. 起信論. |
心 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin shin しん |
More info & calligraphy: Heart / Mind / Spirit(1) (See 心・こころ・1) heart; mind; spirit; vitality; inner strength; (2) bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); nature; (3) (usu. written as 芯) (See 芯・2) centre; center; core; heart; (4) (See 心臓・1) heart (organ); (5) {astron} (See 二十八宿) Chinese "Heart" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (6) (archaism) (child. language) friend; (given name) Haato hṛd, hṛdaya 汗栗太 (or 汗栗馱); 紀哩馱 the heart, mind, soul; citta 質多 the heart as the seat of thought or intelligence. In both senses the heart is likened to a lotus. There are various definitions, of which the following are six instances: (1) 肉團心 hṛd, the physical heart of sentient or nonsentient living beings, e. g. men, trees, etc. (2) 集起心 citta, the ālayavijñāna, or totality of mind, and the source of all mental activity. (3) 思量心 manas, the thinking and calculating mind; (4) 緣慮心; 了別心; 慮知心; citta; the discriminating mind; (5) 堅實心 the bhūtatathatā mind, or the permanent mind; (6) 積聚精要心 the mind essence of the sutras. |
欣 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin yoshi よし |
More info & calligraphy: Happy(personal name) Yoshi Joyful, elated, elevated. |
辛 see styles |
xīn xin1 hsin kara から |
More info & calligraphy: Sheen(counter) (colloquialism) counter for spiciness of food (e.g. curry); (surname) Shinkou sharp |
一心 see styles |
yī xīn yi1 xin1 i hsin isshin いっしん |
More info & calligraphy: One Heart / One Mind / Heart and Soul(adv,n) (1) one mind; (adv,n) (2) (See 一心に) wholeheartedness; one's whole heart; (female given name) Hitomi With the whole mind or heart; one mind of heart; also the bhūtatathatā, or the whole of things; the universe as one mind, or a spiritual unity. |
佛心 see styles |
fó xīn fo2 xin1 fo hsin busshin |
More info & calligraphy: Buddha Heart / Mind of BuddhaThe mind of Buddha, the spiritually enlightened heart. A heart of mercy; a heart abiding in the real, not the seeming; detached from good and evil and other such contrasts. |
信仰 see styles |
xìn yǎng xin4 yang3 hsin yang shinkou / shinko しんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Religious Devotion / Faith in God / Religious Faith(noun, transitive verb) (religious) faith; belief; creed; (given name) Shinkou To believe in and look up to. |
信任 see styles |
xìn rèn xin4 ren4 hsin jen shinnin しんにん |
More info & calligraphy: Belief / Trust(noun, transitive verb) trust; confidence; credence |
信實 信实 see styles |
xìn shí xin4 shi2 hsin shih nobuzane のぶざね |
More info & calligraphy: Faithfulness(personal name) Nobuzane |
信徒 see styles |
xìn tú xin4 tu2 hsin t`u hsin tu shinto しんと |
More info & calligraphy: Believerlayman; believer; adherent; follower; laity a believer |
信德 see styles |
xìn dé xin4 de2 hsin te shintoku |
More info & calligraphy: Faith |
信心 see styles |
xìn xīn xin4 xin1 hsin hsin shinjin しんじん |
More info & calligraphy: Confidence / Faithful Heart(noun, transitive verb) faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness A believing mind, which receives without doubting.; Great or firm faith in, or surrender to Buddha, especially to Amitabha. |
信念 see styles |
xìn niàn xin4 nian4 hsin nien shinnen しんねん |
More info & calligraphy: Faith / Trusting in the Unseenbelief; faith; conviction |
信義 信义 see styles |
xìn yì xin4 yi4 hsin i shingi しんぎ |
More info & calligraphy: Faithful / Honorable / Trustworthy / Fidelity / Loyaltyfaith; fidelity; loyalty; (male given name) Nobuyoshi |
信賴 信赖 see styles |
xìn lài xin4 lai4 hsin lai |
More info & calligraphy: Trust / To Have Faith |
全心 see styles |
quán xīn quan2 xin1 ch`üan hsin chüan hsin zenshin ぜんしん |
More info & calligraphy: Whole Heartone's whole heart |
初心 see styles |
chū xīn chu1 xin1 ch`u hsin chu hsin shoshin しょしん |
More info & calligraphy: Mind of the Beginner(1) one's original intention; one's initial enthusiasm; (n,adj-no,adj-na) (2) inexperience; naivety; greenness; (female given name) Ubu The initial resolve or mind of the novice. |
善心 see styles |
shàn xīn shan4 xin1 shan hsin zenshin ぜんしん |
More info & calligraphy: Good Heartvirtue; moral sense; conscience; (given name) Yoshinaka A good heart, or mind. |
堅信 坚信 see styles |
jiān xìn jian1 xin4 chien hsin kenshin けんしん |
More info & calligraphy: Firm Belief / Strong Faith(Christian rite of) confirmation; (personal name) Kenshin firm faith |
安心 see styles |
ān xīn an1 xin1 an hsin anjin あんじん |
More info & calligraphy: Peaceful Heart / Peace of Mind / Calm Mind{Buddh} obtaining peace of mind through faith or ascetic practice; (female given name) Anshin To quiet the heart, or mind; be at rest. |
心光 see styles |
xīn guāng xin1 guang1 hsin kuang shinkou / shinko しんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Merciful Heart / The Light from a Buddha MindThe light from (a Buddha's) mind, or merciful heart, especially that of Amitābha. |
心印 see styles |
xīn yìn xin1 yin4 hsin yin shinnin |
More info & calligraphy: Appreciation of Truth by Meditation |
心扉 see styles |
xīn fēi xin1 fei1 hsin fei |
More info & calligraphy: Inner Heart / Inner Soul |
心燈 心灯 see styles |
xīn dēng xin1 deng1 hsin teng shintō |
More info & calligraphy: Inner Light / Intelligence |
心眼 see styles |
xīn yǎn xin1 yan3 hsin yen shingan しんがん |
More info & calligraphy: Mind’s Eyethe mind's eye The eye of the mind, mental vision. |
愛心 爱心 see styles |
ài xīn ai4 xin1 ai hsin aishin あいしん |
More info & calligraphy: Loving Heart / Compassion(obsolete) love; affection; (female given name) Rabu A loving heart; a mind full of desire; a mind dominated by desire. |
慈心 see styles |
cí xīn ci2 xin1 tz`u hsin tzu hsin jishin じしん |
More info & calligraphy: Compassionate Heart / Benevolent HeartA compassionate heart. |
放心 see styles |
fàng xīn fang4 xin1 fang hsin houshin / hoshin ほうしん |
More info & calligraphy: No Worries(n,vs,vi) (1) absentmindedness; (n,vs,vi) (2) peace of mind absentmindedness |
新星 see styles |
xīn xīng xin1 xing1 hsin hsing shinsei / shinse しんせい |
More info & calligraphy: Nova(1) {astron} (See ノバ) nova; (2) new face; new star; (surname) Shinhoshi |
新月 see styles |
xīn yuè xin1 yue4 hsin yüeh shingetsu しんげつ |
More info & calligraphy: New Moon(See 三日月) new moon; crescent moon; (female given name) Wakatsuki |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Believe Faith Trust | 信 | shin | xìn / xin4 / xin | hsin |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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