新 – new

13 strokesTaught in grade 2#51 in newspaper frequencyN5 vocabulary

The kanji 新 means new. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is シン (shin); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい- (atarashii, arata, ara, nii). It is written with 13 strokes, under radical 斤 (no. 69).

Stroke order

Stroke order from KanjiVG. Practise others with the stroke order lookup.

Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
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

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 斤 (Kangxi radical 69). Components: 斤・辛・并・木・立・亠.

Words using 新

新聞しんぶんnewspaper新しいあたらしいnew新聞社しんぶんしゃnewspaper company新鮮しんせんfresh新たあらたnew新興しんこうrising新幹線しんかんせんShinkansen革新かくしんreform新婚しんこんnewly-wed新人しんじんnewcomer新築しんちくnew building新入生しんにゅうせいnew student

Example sentences

ジョンのことが新聞に出ていた。

John was mentioned in the paper.

Tatoeba #215457

あなたの新しい車は調子よく動いていますか。

Is your new car behaving well?

Tatoeba #233175

どちらの新聞社にお勤めですか。

Which newspaper do you work for?

Tatoeba #200754

Kanji with the same radical

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