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新

new

JLPTN4School grade2Strokes13Frequency#51
Kun
あたらしい · あらた · あら- · にい-atarashii · arata · ara · niie.g.新しいあたらしいnew
On
シンshine.g.新聞しんぶんnewspaper

Kun is the Japanese reading, used when the kanji stands alone with kana after it. On comes from Chinese and is mostly used in compound words.

Radical
斤axe
Parts
  • 斤axe
  • 十ten
  • 辛bitter
  • 并
  • 木tree
  • 立stand
  • 亠lid

Used in words

  • 新(あたら)しい
    new
  • 新聞(しんぶん)
    newspaper
  • 新幹線(しんかんせん)
    bullet train

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