新 — new, fresh, novel
しん
新
new
Grade 2
Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school.
13 strokes
quality
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.
Meanings
- new
- fresh
- novel
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).
にっ ni 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).
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.