信

This week’s #kanji is a compound ideograph, #信. It is a combination of 人 (a person) and 言 (words, speech).

Meaning: to trust, truth, message, etc.
Reading: シン

信号（シンゴウ）: a signal, a traffic light
信念（シンネン）: (a) belief, (a) faith
信頼（シンライ）: trust (in…), reliance (on …)
確信（カクシン）: (a) conviction, a firm belief
自信（ジシン）: self-confidence, (self-)assurance
受信（ジュシン）する: to receive a message, to receive (a radio/TV signal)
送信（ソウシン）する: to transmit (a message)
通信（ツウシン）: communication, correspondence, a report
返信（ヘンシン）する: to reply (to a message), to answer
信（シン）じる: to believe, to be sure (of …/that…), to trust

[customary reading]

信子（のぶこ）: a girl’s name
信（まこと）: a boy’s name