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).

新(しん) shin new 新(しん) 聞(ぶん) shinbun newspaper 朝(あさ) 日(ひ) 新(しん) 聞(ぶん) asahishinbun Asahi Shimbun (newspaper) 新(しん) 人(じん) shinjin newcomer 新(しん) 作(さく) shinsaku new work 新(しん) 年(ねん) shinnen New Year 毎(まい) 日(にち) 新(しん) 聞(ぶん) mainichishinbun Mainichi Shimbun 読(よみ) 売(うり) 新(しん) 聞(ぶん) yomiurishinbun Yomiuri Shimbun

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).

新(あら) た arata new 新(あら) 井(い) arai Arai (surname)

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).

新(にい) 潟(がた) niigata Niigata (prefecture/city)

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).

新(あたら) しい atarashii new

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).

新(にっ) 田(た) nitta Nitta (surname)

Stroke order

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Components

Composed of

亲 tree climber

たつ立 stand #117

き木 tree #75

きん斤 axe #69

Used as component in (1)

まき薪 fuel

Phono-semantic compound (形声). 亲 (tree climber: 立 stand + 木 tree) and 斤 (axe) — freshly cut wood. New and fresh.

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#69 斤 axe