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:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: おのづくり

Meaning: axe

Strokes: 4

Examples

Examples with audio

聞(しんぶん)   newspaper

年(しんねん)   New Year

製品(しんせいひん)   new product

幹線(しんかんせん)   Shinkansen

式(さいしんしき)   latest style

鮮な(しんせんな)   fresh

的な(かくしんてきな)   liberal

する(こうしんする)   update, renew

しい(あたらしい)   new

たな(あらたな)   new

妻(にいづま)   newly-wed wife

Onyomi Examples

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

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

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

カイシン reformation

Kunyomi Examples

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

しい女 あたらしいおんな liberated woman

あらた new, fresh, novel

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