新 — new, fresh, novel
しん
新
new
しん
U+65B0
Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard.
Freq #51
Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common.
Heisig #1502
Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.
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Meanings
- new
- fresh
- novel
Readings
- On'yomi
- しん shin
- Kun'yomi
- あら ara にい nii あたら atara
word
しん shin On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).
あら ara Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
にい nii Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
あたら atara Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).
Words by frequency and grade
93 wordsEach dot is a word containing 新: further left is more common, higher up needs a later school grade (the grade of its hardest kanji). Click a dot to open the word.
S = secondary school · 43 words have no frequency rank; they sit in the Unranked column.
Appears in idioms
Components
Composed of
Used as component in (1)
Phono-semantic compound (形声). 亲 (tree climber: 立 stand + 木 tree) and 斤 (axe) — freshly cut wood. New and fresh.