新 means “new”

あたらしい · atarashii

Kun'yomi (Japanese reading)

あたらしい, あらた, あら-, にい-

On'yomi (Chinese reading)

シン

JLPT N5 · Taught in grade 2 · 13 strokes

The story

An axe cuts a standing tree, revealing fresh wood inside: from what is old, something new is always born.

Used in 新しい (atarashii, new) and 新聞 (shinbun, newspaper)

Words with 新

• 新古 (しんこ, shinko): new and old
• 新聞 (しんぶん, shinbun): newspaper

More from Seasons & Time

• 暗 dark
• 夕 evening
• 今 now
• 冬 winter
• 古 old
• 早 early
• 先 ahead
• 夜 night
• 長 long
• 明 bright
• 春 spring
• 秋 autumn

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Readings from KANJIDIC2, © EDRDG, CC BY-SA.