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Kanji: 新

KANJI
13 strokes
READINGS
KUN 訓
あたらしい
あら
 ON 音 
シン
STROKE ORDER
Slow Fast
Look up a kanji:  
JLPT Level:
JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:
Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:
Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:
Radical name:
きん
Meaning:
New
Usage:
Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 50 kanji are used more often.
JLPT Level Word Meaning
N5
(あたら)しい
new
N5
(しんぶん)
newspaper
N4
(しんぶんしゃ)
newspaper company
N3
(あら)
new, fresh, novel
N3
(しんせん)
fresh
N2
(しんかんせん)
bullet train (very high speed), shinkansen
N1
(かくしん)
reform, innovation
N1
(しん)
new
N1
(しんこう)
rising, developing, emergent
N1
(しんこん)
newly-wed
N1
(しんじん)
new face, newcomer
N1
(しんちく)
new building, new construction
N1
(しんにゅうせい)
freshman, first-year student
Certain kanji information is from KANJIDIC, which is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's license.
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