JLPT N5
新
New
Onyomi
シン (shin)
Kunyomi
あたらしい (atarashii)
🧠 Memory Mnemonic
🔍 Radical Breakdown
辛 (spicy/painful) + 木 (tree) + 斤 (axe)
📖 Mnemonic Story
To create something truly *new*, a lumberjack must go through a *painful* (辛) process. Gritting his teeth, he chops down a fresh *tree* (木) with his trusty *axe* (斤), preparing the *new* lumber from scratch.
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Quick Hint:
Painful new axe
Essential N5 Vocabulary
新しい
あたらしい
New
新聞
しんぶん
Newspaper
新年
しんねん
New Year
Kanji Practice Quiz
Verify your memory for "新"
＿＿＿＿＿ 服を 買いました。
🎉 正解 / Correct!
解説: 「新しい」は「new」という形容詞です。
English: Atarashii is the adjective for 'new'.
English: Atarashii is the adjective for 'new'.
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