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飛信 (ひしん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

飛ひ信しん

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Meanings

1

noun

urgent letter; urgent news

dated term

Dated term for a letter or message sent with urgency, similar to an express dispatch. Not used in modern everyday conversation.

江え戸ど時じ代だいには、飛ひ信しんで急きゅうな知しらせを送おくった。
In the Edo period, urgent news was sent by express letter.

Kanji

飛fly, skip (pages), scatter
信faith, truth, fidelity

Similar words

速そく達たつ
速達 is the modern term for express mail or special delivery, while 飛信 is a dated expression for an urgent letter.

Etymology

Compound of 飛 (hi, 'flying') and 信 (shin, 'message, letter'), literally 'flying message'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in older texts referring to urgent dispatches.