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新 — new (JLPT N5 kanji)

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13 strokesgrade 2 (Japan)JLPT N5very common

Stroke order

Readings

On’yomi (Chinese-derived)
Kun’yomi (native Japanese)

Meanings

new

Words with 新

new
newspaper

Appears in these kanji

firewood
story

Do not confuse with

parent; close relationship

In the vocabulary

The hotel was new.

How to remember it

Find 斤 on the right. Imagine an ax cutting fresh wood: something newly made.