信心
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
信心 (xìnxīn) · confidence
信心 (xìnxīn) means “confidence; faith”. It is written with 2 characters: 信 (letter) + 心 (heart). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 信心 is built
The characters
信 xìn · letter
What 信 is made of
- 亻rén — person
- 言yán — words
- 亠tóu — lid
- 丶 — dot
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 二 — two strokes
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- 亠tóu — lid
心 xīn · heart
What 心 is made of
心 is not built from smaller parts; it is written with 4 strokes.
Origin hint: A heart (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
我对考试有信心。Wǒ duì kǎoshì yǒu xìnxīn.I'm confident about the exam.
你有信心吗？Nǐ yǒu xìnxīn ma?Are you confident?
Questions about 信心
What does 信心 mean?
信心 (xìnxīn) means “confidence; faith”.
How do you pronounce 信心?
信心 is pronounced xìnxīn.
Which HSK level is 信心?
信心 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 短信duǎnxìntext message
- 相信xiāngxìnto believe
- 信号xìnhàosignal
- 信息xìnxīinformation
- 信用卡xìnyòngkǎcredit card
- 通信tōngxìnto keep in touch (by letter, email)
- 信封xìnfēngenvelope
- 信任xìnrènto trust
- 诚信chéngxìnhonesty
- 微信wēixìnWeChat (messaging app)
Learn 信心 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 74: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.