漢字Kanji · in Tools & Weapons
新: new
JLPT N413 strokesGrade 2Your ink: 白 Not met
斤 carries the meaning · 立 and 木 are drawn in
13 strokes
Four readings, and the words that use each
シンshin · on'yomi · in compounds
- 新聞しんぶんnewspaper
- 新年しんねんNew Year
- 新製品しんせいひんnew product
- 新幹線しんかんせんShinkansen
- 最新式さいしんしきlatest style
- 新鮮なしんせんなfresh
- 革新的なかくしんてきなliberal
- 更新するこうしんするupdate, renew
あたらしいatarashii · kun'yomi · on its own
- 新しいあたらしいnew
あらたarata · kun'yomi
- 新たなあらたなnew
にい-nii- · kun'yomi
- 新妻にいづまnewly-wed wife
Also read あら-, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Origin · sourced
Phono-semantic compound (形聲)辛 (sound) + 斤 (meaning)
To chop wood. Original form of 薪 (“firewood”).
Source: Wiktionary, 新 (rev. 93569709), CC BY-SA 4.0
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Axe (斤) + stood up (立) + wood (木). To use an "axe" to cut "wood" and build something "new" that "stands" tall.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · xīn
Same form: 新 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 新 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 新 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin xīn most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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