新

新 — new

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 13
Taught in: School year 2
Frequency: #51 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: しん shin
Kun'yomi: あたら.しい atara.shii

あら.た ara.ta

あら- ara-

にい- nii-

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 新

A kanji is worth learning for the words it unlocks. These are from the JLPT vocabulary lists.