This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Readings

Kana: シン、あたら.しい、あら.た、あら-、にい-
Romaji: shin, atara.shii, ara.ta, ara-, nii-
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Name Readings

Kana: あせ、あたらし、し、に、にっ、につ、よし
Romaji: ase, atarashi, shi, ni, ni, , nitsu, yoshi
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Meaning

new

Stroke Diagram

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Kanji Info

Stroke Count:  13
Radical Number:  69
Frequency:  51
Grade:  2
Skip Pattern:  1-9-4
Korean Reading:  sin
Chinese Reading:  xin1
Unicode:  65b0
JIS:  3F37

Indexes

Halpern Index: 1784
Nelson Index: 2080
New Nelson Index: 2387
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 5b8.3
Four Corner Index: 0292.1
Guide to Remembering Index: 148
Gakken Index: 36
Japanese Names Index: 1965
Daikanwanjiten Index: 13572
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 5.0627
Remembering the kanji Index: 1502
Busy People Index: 2.5
Kanji Way Index: 80
Kanji Flashcards Index: 55
Kodansha Compact Index: 956
Read Writing Kanji Third Index: 165
Kanji in Context Index: 85
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 1166
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 1587
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 1516
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 1619
Essential Kanji Index: 178
Kodansha Kanji Index: 2239
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 454
Read Writing the Kanji Index: 256
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 226

Words

(しん)
new; neo-; Gregorian calendar; Xin (dynasty of China)
新聞 (しんぶん)
newspaper
新しい (あたらしい)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
更新 (こうしん)
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
最新 (さいしん)
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
(さら、あら、にい)
new; unused; new; obvious; natural
新た (あらた)
new; fresh; novel
新設 (しんせつ)
newly organized; newly organised; newly established
新人 (しんじん)
new face; newcomer; rookie; fresh recruit; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)
新幹線 (しんかんせん)
Shinkansen; bullet train
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