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信 means 'trust'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 126   JLPT: N3    Usefulness: 3    Study set: 3-2    Grade: 4   Intermediate lesson: 16    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 168 words   Used in 720 words   Used in 1985 names   Component in 1 kanji (0 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
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   シン
Name
   のぶ
Name    し   しが   しな   しの   しぶ   とき   のび   まこと
⿰   () man   say; word  
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In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 信 is used 22 times, read 1 way.
Across all words in Japanese, 信 is used 693 times, read 1 way (with 3 variations).
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1. signal; signalling; signaling
noun
2. traffic light; traffic signal
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しの: 1 word. FIND ALL
Most common form: 忍摺
noun
clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern  (see also: ; archaic)
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しな: 2 words. FIND ALL
noun
Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Japanese variety of the Kamchatka globeflower, Trollius riederianus)  (often written with kana only)
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し: 1 word. FIND ALL
noun
interswitch signalling  (computer terminology)
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An additional のぶ less common words include 信 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
Henshall: 544 (originally: 513)  Joy o' Kanji : 513  Key to Kanji: 562 

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シン    trust, faith   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   い to say   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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