微信
Wēi xìn · HSK 4
Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 騰訊|腾讯[Teng2 xun4])
💬 微 (micro) + 信 (message) = micro-message app
微 means tiny/micro, 信 means letter/message. Together: micro-messages, Tencent's name for the WeChat app. Sounds like 'way-shin'.
信 — person 亻 + speech 言
信 combines 亻(person) with 言(speech), depicting a person standing by their words. The original sense is 'truthfulness' or 'sincerity'—what a person says can be trusted. From this it extended to 'believe,' 'trust,' and later 'message' or 'letter,' since a letter carries one's word.
Wēi xìn · HSK 4
WeChat (messaging app)
💬 微 = tiny/micro + 信 = message; literally 'micro-message' app
微 means tiny or micro (same 微 as in 微博 micro-blog/Weibo). 信 means letter or message. So 微信 is a 'micro-message' service — the Chinese name for WeChat, Tencent's messaging app.
信 — person 亻 + speech 言
信 combines 亻(person) with 言(speech), depicting a person standing by their words. The original sense is 'truthfulness' or 'sincerity'—what a person says can be trusted. From this it extended to 'believe,' 'trust,' and later 'message' or 'letter,' since a letter carries one's word.