Shin

E738078

Japanese given name element Japanese masculine given name element

Shin is a common Japanese given name element that often conveys meanings like “truth,” “new,” or “heart,” depending on the kanji used.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shin (信) from Shinano Province (Nagano)	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese given name element ⓘ Japanese masculine given name element ⓘ
belongsToCategory	Japanese given names ⓘ Japanese masculine given names ⓘ
canBeWrittenIn	hiragana ⓘ katakana ⓘ
canMean	advance ⓘ belief ⓘ core ⓘ faith ⓘ genuine ⓘ god ⓘ heart ⓘ mind ⓘ new ⓘ truth ⓘ
commonInRegion	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ
genderAssociation	primarily male ⓘ sometimes unisex ⓘ
hasKanjiVariantMeaning	信 (faith, belief) ⓘ 心 (heart, mind) ⓘ 新 (new) ⓘ 真 (truth, real) ⓘ 神 (god, deity) ⓘ 芯 (core, wick) ⓘ 進 (advance, progress) ⓘ
hasReadingType	kun’yomi-style adaptation in names ⓘ on’yomi-style reading ⓘ
nameElementOfType	given name ⓘ
nameElementPosition	can appear at end of given name ⓘ can appear at start of given name ⓘ can appear in middle of given name ⓘ
orthographicVariation	しん ⓘ シン ⓘ
romanizationSystem	Hepburn NERFINISHED ⓘ
romanizedAs	Shin NERFINISHED ⓘ
semanticField	emotional or mental states ⓘ novelty or beginning ⓘ spiritual or religious concepts ⓘ virtue-related meanings ⓘ
usedAs	independent given name ⓘ name component ⓘ
usedInLanguage	Japanese ⓘ
writingSystem	Kanji NERFINISHED ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shintaro → hasNameElement → Shin ⓘ

Kōshinetsu region → nameComponent → Shin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shin (信) from Shinano Province (Nagano)