新
新 — New
new
On’yomiシン (shin)
Kun’yomiあたらしい (atarashii)
Kun’yomiあらた (arata)
Kun’yomiあら- (ara)
Kun’yomiにい- (nii)
Stroke order (13 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 新
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 新た | あらた arata | new; fresh; novel |
| 新党 | しんとう shintou | new (political) party |
| 新聞 | しんぶん shinbun | newspaper |
| 新人 | しんじん shinjin | newcomer; new figure; new member |
| 新生 | しんせい shinsei | rebirth; new birth; nascent |
| 新幹線 | しんかんせん shinkansen | Shinkansen; bullet train |
Study notes
新 is a JLPT N4 kanji written with 13 strokes. It is taught in Japanese elementary school (grade 2), so native children learn it early — a good sign it appears everywhere. Ranked #51 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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