Letter in Chinese (Mandarin): 信 (xìn)

Use it in a sentence

The characters in 信

• 信

  Letter; also to believe. 亻 (person) and 言 (words): a person's word.

  9 strokes

Fourth tone. 信 also means to trust: 我相信你 (wǒ xiāngxìn nǐ), I believe you. An envelope is 信封 (xìnfēng).

More examples with 信

• 我收到一封信。

  Wǒ shōu dào yì fēng xìn.

  I got a letter.

• 我把信寄给爷爷。

  我把信寄給爺爺。

  Wǒ bǎ xìn jì gěi yéye.

  I mail the letter to Grandpa.

How to write 信 in Chinese

Each box adds one stroke, in red. Write them in this order.