logo

The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 2

JLPT level: N4

51 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 13

Meaning: new

Kunyomi: あたら.しい, あら.た, あら-, にい-

Onyomi: シン

Composition: 立 木 斤

新

Radical

Radical: 斤

Reading: おのづくり

Meaning: axe

Strokes: 4

⽄

Examples

Examples with audio

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

新しい(あたらしい)   new

新たな(あらたな)   new

新妻(にいづま)   newly-wed wife

Onyomi Examples

新 (シン) new, neo-, newness, novelty, Gregorian calendar, Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE), Hsin dynasty

新鋭 (シンエイ) young and energetic, up-and-coming, new and excellent, newly produced, up-and-comer

維新 (イシン) reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party

改新 (カイシン) reformation

Kunyomi Examples

新しい (あたらしい) new, novel, fresh, recent, latest, up-to-date, modern

新しい女 (あたらしいおんな) liberated woman

新た (あらた) new, fresh, novel

新田 (しんでん) new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)

Left-click: rotate, Mouse-wheel/middle-click: zoom, Right-click: pan