新 Kanji – new
The Japanese kanji 新 can mean new.
Meaning and Readings
How is 新 read?
新 has the onyomi reading シン and the kunyomi readings あたらしい, あらた, あら-, にい-.
In romaji, these readings can be written as shin, atarashii, arata, ara, nii.
Common Japanese Words Using 新
These common Japanese words contain 新. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 新嘉坡(シンガポール) — Singapore
- スポーツ新聞(スポーツしんぶん) — sports newspaper
- 新西蘭(ニュージーランド) — New Zealand
- 維新(いしん) — reformation, revolution, renewal
- 一新(いっしん) — complete change, reform, restoration, remodeling, remodelling, renewal
- 改新(かいしん) — reformation
- 革新(かくしん) — reform, innovation
- 謹賀新年(きんがしんねん) — Happy New Year
- 更新(こうしん) — renewal, update, replacement, renovation, breaking (a record)
- 最新(さいしん) — latest, newest, late-breaking (news)
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