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新 あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい- new 5 51 13 69 おの・おのづくり・きん 会意 Compound Ideographic Don't confuse left primitive with catalpa (#1498). Every time the farmer cuts down the peppers from the red pepper plant, he has to use a brand new axe. This is because the spicy peppers cause the metal to erode very quickly, thereby rendering the axe completely useless.

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シン あせ, あたらし, し, に, にっ, につ, よし 新た(あらた): (1) new; fresh; novel (2) newly; freshly; re-新聞(しんぶん): newspaper新人(しんじん): (1) new face; newcomer (2) modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)新幹線(しんかんせん): bullet train (very high speed); Shinkansen革新(かくしん): reform; innovation新聞社(しんぶんしゃ): newspaper company新鮮(しんせん): fresh新しい(あたらしい): new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern新興(しんこう): rising; developing; emergent新築(しんちく): new building; new construction新婚(しんこん): newly-wed新(しん): (1) new; neo- (2) Gregorian calendar (3) Xin (dynasty of China)新入生(しんにゅうせい): new student; freshman; first-year student 2 立: stand up; rise; set up; erect木: tree; wood斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69) 斤 4 (none) new Axe-man grows a patch of red pepper plants in his back garden. He rubs red peppers on the edge of his axes, and this seems to keep them sharp like brand new.

Kanji	新
Onyomi	シン
Kunyomi	あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい-
Nanori	あせ, あたらし, し, に, にっ, につ, よし
English	new
Examples	新た(あらた): (1) new; fresh; novel (2) newly; freshly; re- 新聞(しんぶん): newspaper 新人(しんじん): (1) new face; newcomer (2) modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards) 新幹線(しんかんせん): bullet train (very high speed); Shinkansen 革新(かくしん): reform; innovation 新聞社(しんぶんしゃ): newspaper company 新鮮(しんせん): fresh 新しい(あたらしい): new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern 新興(しんこう): rising; developing; emergent 新築(しんちく): new building; new construction 新婚(しんこん): newly-wed 新(しん): (1) new; neo- (2) Gregorian calendar (3) Xin (dynasty of China) 新入生(しんにゅうせい): new student; freshman; first-year student
JLPT Level	5
Jouyou Grade	2
Frequency	51
Components	立: stand up; rise; set up; erect 木: tree; wood 斤: axe; 1.32 lb; catty; counter for loaves of bread; axe radical (no. 69)
Number of Strokes	13
Kanji Radical	斤
Radical Number	69
Radical Strokes	4
Radical Reading	おの・おのづくり・きん
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	会意 Compound Ideographic
Keyword	new
Koohii Story 1	Don't confuse left primitive with catalpa (#1498). Every time the farmer cuts down the peppers from the red pepper plant, he has to use a brand new axe. This is because the spicy peppers cause the metal to erode very quickly, thereby rendering the axe completely useless.
Koohii Story 2	Axe-man grows a patch of red pepper plants in his back garden. He rubs red peppers on the edge of his axes, and this seems to keep them sharp like brand new.

Peppers Red Fresh Newspaper Modern Axe Brand 新