You Collection, Upper Volume Radical: Speech (yán) 11 strokes Page 1150, Entry 11 Pronounced shen (level tone) According to the Regional Dialects (Fangyan), in the Yan, Dai, and Eastern Qi regions, the word for trust is written as shen. It is also used in personal names. The name Shen appears in the History of Song (Songshi), Table of the Imperial Clan. Pronounced shen The meaning is sincere or faithful. Pronounced shen (rising tone) The meaning is the same. This character is interchangeable with shen, shen, and chen.