Hanja Analyzer
新

新 — sin

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
새 신
Romanization
sin
English
new, recent, fresh, modern
Mandarin
xīn
Japanese on'yomi
シン
Japanese kun'yomi
あたら.しい あら.た あら- にい-
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 2
Newspaper frequency
#51 of 2,500
Strokes
13
Radical
斤 (69, 9 residual)
Unicode
U+65B0

How 新 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 新 as a phonetic-semantic compound involving 辛, 斤.

Korean example words with 新

  • 신의新衣 Korean gloss: 새 옷
  • 신래新來 Korean gloss: 새로 옴
  • 신복新服 Korean gloss: 새 의복
  • 신빈新賓 Korean gloss: 새 손님
  • 신정新定 Korean gloss: 새로 정함
  • 신차新車 Korean gloss: 새로운 차
  • 신강新講 Korean gloss: 새로운 강의
  • 신영新迎 Korean gloss: 새로 맞이함
  • 신정新訂 Korean gloss: 새로 정정함
  • 신정新政 Korean gloss: 새로운 정치
  • 신주新鑄 Korean gloss: 새로 주조함
  • 신품新品 Korean gloss: 새로운 물건

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 新

  • 新たあらた new; fresh; novel
  • 新聞しんぶん newspaper
  • 新党しんとう new (political) party
  • 新人しんじん newcomer; new figure; new member
  • 新生しんせい rebirth; new birth; nascent
  • 新幹線しんかんせん Shinkansen; bullet train
  • 革新かくしん reform; innovation
  • 新規しんき new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation)
  • 新聞社しんぶんしゃ newspaper company
  • 最新さいしん latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
  • 新作しんさく new work; new production; new composition
  • 新政しんせい new government; new administration

Other hanja read “신”

Other hanja with radical 斤

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