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新 U+65B0, 新
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-65B0
← 斯
[U+65AF]
CJK Unified Ideographs 斱 →
[U+65B1]

Translingual

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Stroke order
13 strokes
Traditional 新
Simplified 新
Japanese 新
Korean 新

Alternative forms

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This character's appearance varies by script because of Han unification:

  • In mainland China, the bottom left component is written 朩, giving 新.
  • In Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau, the bottom left component is written 𣎳, giving 新.
  • In Japan and Korea, the bottom left component is written 木, giving 新.

Han character

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新 (Kangxi radical 69, 斤+9, 13 strokes, Cangjie input 卜木竹一中 (YDHML), four-corner 02921, composition ⿰亲斤)

Derived characters

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References

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  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 480, character 10
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 13572
  • Dae Jaweon: page 839, character 10
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 2026, character 21
  • Unihan data for U+65B0

Chinese

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trad. 新
simp. # 新
alternative forms 𣂺
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Glyph origin

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Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *siŋ): phonetic 辛 (OC *siŋ) + semantic 斤 — to chop wood. Original form of 薪 (OC *siŋ, “firewood”). The character was later borrowed to represent 新 (OC *siŋ, “new”) as an instance of jiajie (假借).

A semantic 木 was later added in the bronze inscriptions which merged with the 辛.

Shuowen misinterprets the character as 𣓀 + 斤.

Etymology

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Sino-Tibetan; cognate with Burmese သစ် (sac, “new”). Compare the cognacy between 薪 (OC *siŋ, “firewood”) and Burmese သစ် (sac, “wood; timber”).

This word may belong to the Sino-Tibetan stem Proto-Sino-Tibetan *sreŋ (“alive, fresh, green”) and may hence be related to 青 (OC *sʰleːŋ, “green”) as well as 薪 (OC *siŋ, “firewood”) (Schuessler, 2007).

Pronunciation

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Note: sêng1 - Jieyang.

  • Dialectal data
Variety Location 新
Mandarin Beijing /ɕin⁵⁵/
Harbin /ɕin⁴⁴/
Tianjin /ɕin²¹/
Jinan /ɕiẽ²¹³/
Qingdao /siə̃²¹³/
Zhengzhou /sin²⁴/
Xi'an /ɕiẽ²¹/
Xining /ɕiə̃⁴⁴/
Yinchuan /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Lanzhou /ɕĩn³¹/
Ürümqi /ɕiŋ⁴⁴/
Wuhan /ɕin⁵⁵/
Chengdu /ɕin⁵⁵/
Guiyang /ɕin⁵⁵/
Kunming /ɕĩ⁴⁴/
Nanjing /sin³¹/
Hefei /ɕin²¹/
Jin Taiyuan /ɕiəŋ¹¹/
Pingyao /ɕiŋ¹³/
Hohhot /ɕĩŋ³¹/
Wu Shanghai /ɕiŋ⁵³/
Suzhou /sin⁵⁵/
Hangzhou /ɕin³³/
Wenzhou /saŋ³³/
Hui Shexian /siʌ̃³¹/
Tunxi /sin¹¹/
Xiang Changsha /sin³³/
Xiangtan /sin³³/
Gan Nanchang /ɕin⁴²/
Hakka Meixian /sin⁴⁴/
Taoyuan /sin²⁴/
Cantonese Guangzhou /sɐn⁵³/
Nanning /ɬɐn⁵⁵/
Hong Kong /sɐn⁵⁵/
Min Xiamen (Hokkien) /sin⁵⁵/
Fuzhou (Eastern Min) /siŋ⁴⁴/
Jian'ou (Northern Min) /seiŋ⁵⁴/
Shantou (Teochew) /siŋ³³/
Haikou (Hainanese) /tin²³/

Rime
Character 新
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 心 (16)
Final (韻) 眞 (43)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) III
Fanqie 息鄰切
Baxter sin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang
/siɪn/
Pan
Wuyun
/sin/
Shao
Rongfen
/sjen/
Edwin
Pulleyblank
/sin/
Li
Rong
/siĕn/
Wang
Li
/sĭĕn/
Bernhard
Karlgren
/si̯ĕn/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex
xīn
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex
san1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 新
Reading # 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
xīn
Middle
Chinese
‹ sin ›
Old
Chinese
/*s.tsʰi[n]/
English new

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 新
Reading # 1/1
No. 13811
Phonetic
component
辛
Rime
group
眞
Rime
subdivision
2
Corresponding
MC rime
新
Old
Chinese
/*siŋ/

Definitions

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新

  1. new; fresh
    Antonyms: 舊 / 旧 (jiù), 老 (lǎo)
    新芽  ―  xīnyá  ―  sprout; bud
    新風氣/新风气  ―  xīn fēngqì  ―  new trend; new atmosphere
    新產品/新产品  ―  xīn chǎnpǐn  ―  new product
    新納粹/新纳粹  ―  xīnnàcuì  ―  neo-Nazi
    新鮭魚二月前不上市,對嗎? [MSC, trad.]
    新鲑鱼二月前不上市,对吗? [MSC, simp.]
    Xīn guīyú èryuè qián bù shàngshì, duì ma? [Pinyin]
    Fresh salmon doesn't come in before February, does it?
  2. new; unused
    Antonym: 舊 / 旧 (jiù)
    新車/新车  ―  xīn chē  ―  new car
    新衫 [Cantonese]  ―  san1 saam1 [Jyutping]  ―  new clothes
  3. recently or just married
    新人  ―  xīnrén  ―  newly married couple
    新娘  ―  xīnniáng  ―  bride
  4. the new
    迎新  ―  yíngxīn  ―  to welcome new arrivals
    推陳出新/推陈出新  ―  tuīchénchūxīn  ―  to get rid of the old and bring forth the new
  5. to make new
    耳目一新  ―  ěrmùyīxīn  ―  to find oneself in an entirely new world;
  6. newly; freshly; recently
    新建成的超市  ―  xīn jiànchéng de chāoshì  ―  newly built supermarket
    係新買返嚟嘅。 [Cantonese, trad.]
    系新买返嚟嘅。 [Cantonese, simp.]
    hai6 san1 maai5 faan1 lai4 ge3. [Jyutping]
    I bought it only a while ago.
  7. (chemistry) neo-
    新戊烷  ―  xīn wùwán  ―  neopentane
  8. a surname, Xin
  9. (~朝) Xin dynasty
  10. short for 新疆 (Xīnjiāng, “Xinjiang”)
  11. short for 新加坡 (Xīnjiāpō, “Singapore”)
  12. short for 新西蘭/新西兰 (Xīnxīlán, “New Zealand”)
    澳新銀行/澳新银行  ―  Ào Xīn Yínháng  ―  Australia and New Zealand Banking Corporation (ANZ Bank)

See also

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Dynasties (朝代) in Chinese history
Name Time period Divisions
Xia
夏 (~朝, ~代)
2070 – 1600 BCE
Shang
商 (~朝, ~代)
殷 (~朝, ~代)
1600 – 1046 BCE
Zhou
周 (~朝, ~代)
1046 – 256 BCE Western Zhou
西周
Eastern Zhou
東周 / 东周
Spring and Autumn period
春秋
Warring States period
戰國 / 战国
Qin
秦 (~朝, ~代)
221 – 206 BCE
Han
漢 / 汉 (~朝, ~代)
206 BCE – 220 CE Western Han
西漢 / 西汉
Xin
新 (~朝)
Eastern Han
東漢 / 东汉
Three Kingdoms
三國 / 三国
220 – 280 CE Wei
魏
Shu Han
蜀漢 / 蜀汉
Wu
吳 / 吴
Jin
晉 / 晋 (~朝, ~代)
265 – 420 CE Western Jin
西晉 / 西晋
Eastern Jin
東晉 / 东晋
Southern and Northern dynasties
南北朝
420 – 589 CE Northern dynasties
北朝
Northern Wei
北魏
Western Wei
西魏
Eastern Wei
東魏 / 东魏
Northern Zhou
北周
Northern Qi
北齊 / 北齐
Southern dynasties
南朝
Liu Song
劉宋 / 刘宋
Southern Qi
南齊 / 南齐
Liang
梁 (~朝, ~代)
Chen
陳 / 陈 (~朝, ~代)
Sui
隋 (~朝, ~代)
581 – 618 CE
Tang
唐 (~朝, ~代)
618 – 907 CE
Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
五代十國 / 五代十国
907 – 960 CE
Liao
遼 / 辽 (~朝, ~代)
907 – 1125 CE
Song
宋 (~朝, ~代)
960 – 1279 CE Northern Song
北宋
Southern Song
南宋
Western Xia
西夏
1038 – 1227 CE
Jin
金 (~朝, ~代)
1115 – 1234 CE
Western Liao
西遼 / 西辽
1124 – 1218 CE
Yuan
元 (~朝, ~代)
1271 – 1368 CE
Ming
明 (~朝, ~代)
1368 – 1644 CE
Qing
清 (~朝, ~代)
1636 – 1912 CE
Republic of China
中華民國 / 中华民国
1912 CE – present Note: In Chinese contexts
People's Republic of China
中華人民共和國 / 中华人民共和国
1949 CE – present Note: In Chinese contexts

Compounds

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Descendants

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Sino-Xenic (新):
  • → Japanese: 新(しん) (shin)
  • → Korean: 신(新) (sin)
  • → Vietnamese: tân (新)

Others:

References

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Further reading

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Japanese

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Alternative forms

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Kanji

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新

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

  1. new
  2. change, reform

Readings

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Compounds

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
新
しん
Grade: 2
on'yomi

/sin/ → /ɕin/

From Middle Chinese 新 (MC sin).

Compare modern Mandarin 新 (xīn), Hakka 新 (sîn), Min Nan 新 (sin), and Wu 新.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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新(しん) • (shin) 

  1. a novelty
    Antonym: 旧 (kyū)
  2. short for 新暦 (shinreki): the Gregorian calendar
  3. short for 新株 (shinkabu) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  4. short for 新銀 (shingin) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  5. short for 新造 (shinzō) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Prefix

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新(しん) • (shin-) 

  1. neo-
    新(しん)元(げん)号(ごう)
    shin-gengō
    new era name
    新(しん)世(せ)界(かい)
    Shinsekai
    the New World
    新(しん)約(やく)聖(せい)書(しょ)
    Shin'yaku Seisho
    the New Testament
  2. attached to the title of a fiction work to mean “new storyline”, to distinguish it from older works
    新(しん)鉄(てっ)拳(けん)チンミ
    Shin Tekken Chinmi
    New Ironfist Chinmi
  3. attached to the title of a fiction adaptation to mean “remake”, to distinguish it from older adaptations
    Lois & Clark 新(しん)スーパーマン
    Lois & Clark Shin Sūpāman
    Lois & Clark: New Superman
Derived terms
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Proper noun

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新(しん) • (Shin) 

  1. (historical) the Xin dynasty (8–23 CE)
  2. a placename
  3. a surname
  4. a male or female given name

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
新
にい
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

⟨nipi1⟩ → /nipʲi/ → /nifi/ → /niwi/ → /niː/

From Old Japanese, from Proto-Japonic *nipi-. Reflected in Old Japanese 新し (nipisi, adjective), not used in modern Japanese.

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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新(にい) • (nī-) 

  1. new, novel
  2. fresh
  3. original
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Etymology 3

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Kanji in this term
新
あら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

From Old Japanese.

Extension of 粗(あら), 荒(あら) (ara, “crude, raw”).[2]

Pronunciation

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Prefix

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新(あら) • (ara-) 

  1. new
  2. unused
  3. natural
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Proper noun

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新(あら) • (Ara) 

  1. a surname

Etymology 4

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Kanji in this term
新
さら
Grade: 2
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
更
This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “-s- infix form or from prefix さ (sa-)?”

Pronunciation

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Noun

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新(さら) • (sara) 

  1. something new and unused
Derived terms
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Proper noun

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新(さら) • (Sara) 

  1. a female given name

Etymology 5

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Kanji in this term
新
あら(た)
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Nominalization of adjective 新た (arata, “new”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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新(あらた) • (Arata) 

  1. a male or female given name
  2. a surname

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ “荒”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

Korean

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Hanja

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新 (eumhun 새 신 (sae sin))

  1. hanja form? of 신 (“new”)

Compounds

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Kunigami

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Kanji

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新

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Miyako

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Kanji

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新

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Okinawan

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Kanji

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新

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)

Vietnamese

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Han character

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新: Hán Nôm readings: tân[1][2][3][4]

  1. chữ Hán form of tân (“new”)

Compounds

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References

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Yaeyama

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Kanji

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新

(Second grade kyōiku kanji)