The kanji 新: meaning, readings and stroke order
新
- Meaning
- new
- On reading
- シン shin
- Kun reading
- あたら(しい) atarashii、あら(た) arata、にい nii
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 斤 axe
- Level
- Level 2 · grade 2
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- mới (tân)
- Japanese
- あたらしい。
- Korean
- 새롭다 (신)
- Chinese
- 新的
Readings, words and example sentences
シン shin · on reading
新聞
newspaper
父は 毎朝 新聞を 読みます。
My dad reads the newspaper every morning.
あたら(しい) atarashii · kun reading
新しい
new
新しい くつを 買いました。
I bought new shoes.
あら(た) arata · kun reading
新た
new, fresh
新たな 気もちで はじめます。
I start again with a fresh heart.
にい nii · kun reading · less common
新妻
new wife
新妻と 二人で 店を はじめました。
He opened a shop with his new wife.
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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.