しん
信
　
は
そう
荘
ごん
厳
　
よ
　
り
お
起
　
こ
　
る

expression, Godan verb

Proverb.
  1. function follows form, the outside shapes the inside, belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しん
信
　
は
そう
荘
ごん
厳
　
よ
　
り
お
起
　
こ
　
る
 信は荘厳より起こる しんはそうごんよりおこる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

faith, truth, fidelity
シン　のぶ　しな (4th, N3)
human radical (no. 9)
say, word
い.う　こと　ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
villa, inn, cottage
ソウ　チャン　ショウ (Early High School, N1)
grass, grass radical (no. 140)
robust, manhood, prosperity
ソウ　さかん　つよし (Early High School, N1)
half of tree trunk, rad. no. 90
gentleman, scholar, samurai
シ　さむらい　お (5th, N1)
stern, strictness, severity
きび.しい　ゲン　いつくし (6th, N1)
precipice, rocky or dangerous mountain
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
daring, brave, bold
カン　あ.えて (Late Jr. High, N1)
under, underneath, below
カ　ゲ　した
ear
みみ　ジ　がみ (1st, N3)
strike, hit, folding chair radical variant (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
person, (人 variant)
mow, cut grass, subdue
ガイ　ゲ　おさ.める (Kentei 1)
rouse, wake up, get up
お.きる　キ　おこ.す (3rd, N4)
run
はし.る　ソウ　はしり (2nd, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)
stop, halt
と.まる　シ　どめ (2nd, N4)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク　うらな.う　うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
self
コ　おのれ　キ (6th, N1)