Radical 亻

9 strokes

person 亻 (13a) + words 言 (375) = letter 信

Notice that we have already met a character made up from “person” and “words” in the other order: 认 (Character 253). If you read the previous sentence and recognized the two forms of “person” and “words” without thinking about it, it just shows how familiar you are getting with Chinese characters!

相信 (163) xiāngxìn believe (in, that)

[来信 (65) láixìn incoming letter]

[回信 (202) huí xìn a reply]

[信心 (161) xìnxīn confidence]

Harry is good at reading documents written using old words, and people often bring him old letters to decipher. / The dwarf brings him an old shin bone with writing on it (hoping to catch him out).