Kanji1 / 13
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
- —サンパウロ新聞São Paulo Shimbun (Japanese-Brazilian newspaper)
- —新防災気象情報New Disaster Prevention Weather Information (revised system of weather warnings and advisories introduced by the JMA in May 2026)
- —現新比較テストold-vs-new comparison test (esp. for IT systems); current-vs-new benchmark
- —在留期間更新許可extension of visa permit
- —新規住宅着工件数housing starts
- —新株予約権付社債bond with warrant attached; warrant bond; WB
- —新生児溶血性疾患hemolytic disease of the newborn (haemolytic); erythroblastosis fetalis
- —新多角的貿易交渉new round of multilateral trade negotiations
- —新生児頭部皮膚炎cradle cap
- —新型コロナ後遺症post-acute sequelae of COVID-19; long COVID
- —岩波ジュニア新書Iwanamijuniashinsho
- —新聞広告審査協会Newspaper Advertising Review Council
- —日新火災海上保険Nisshin Fire and Marine Insurance Company, Limited
- —新スタートレックStar Trek: The Next Generation
- —新交通ゆりかもめNew Transit Yurikamome
- —リニア中央新幹線Linear Chūō Shinkansen
- —新型インフルエンザnew type of influenza; novel influenza
- —新ＪＩＳ漢字コードnew JIS kanji character code
- —新三種混合ワクチンMMR vaccine (for measles, mumps and rubella)
- —新疆ウイグル自治区Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (China)
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