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新 kanji
new
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 13
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
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On readings
シン
Kun readings
あたらしいあらたあら-にい-
Words with 新
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —ピカ新first-in-class drug; innovative new drug
- —新布石Shinfuseki movement (opening style)
- —新伽羅shin-kyara (variety of fragrant wood); aloes-wood with a vibrant fragrance
- —新華社Xinhua News Agency; New China News Agency
- —新改訳New Japanese Bible
- —新元史New History of Yuan (1919 historical text by Ke Shaomin)
- —新宿線Shinjuku Line
- —新書館Shinshokan (publisher)
- —新星堂Shinseido (Japanese book, music and sporting goods retail chain)
- —新潮社Shinchosha (publisher)
- —新明解Shinmeikai Kokugo Jiten (Japanese dictionary published by Sanseido) (abbr)
- —新日鉄Nippon Steel Corporation (abbr)
- —新唐書New Book of Tang (11th century history book covering the Tang dynasty)
- —新産別National Federation Of Industrial Organisations (1949-1988) (abbr); FIO
- —新鍳真Xin Jianzhen (ferry service between Japan and China)
- —新進党New Frontier Party (1994-1997); NFP
- —新々刀shinshintō; katana forged from the late 18th century up until the sword abolishment edict
- —新顎類neognaths (birds of the infraclass Neognathae)
- —最新型latest model; newest model; latest type
- —空更新dummy update; null update
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