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新 centers on the idea of newness: something fresh, recent, or not yet used. It applies to objects, states, and beginnings.
新 combines 亲 (originally a tool for cutting wood) and 斤 (axe), suggesting cutting fresh wood, which extended to the idea of newness. The modern form preserves this structure.
An axe 斤 beside a freshly cut tree 亲: the wood is new, still raw and unused. That fresh-cut feeling is the core of 新.
For シン, imagine a shiny new axe: the gleam of the blade says 'shin' as it catches the light. Shin -> シン, and the axe is brand new.
new; neo-
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
newspaper
new; fresh; novel
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
new work; new production; new composition; new creation; new title
new; fresh
Niigata (city, prefecture)
newcomer; new figure; new member; recruit; rookie; new talent; new star
Shinkansen; bullet train
brand-new article; new item
fresh
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
reformation; revolution; renewal
newly arrived; newly received
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
reform; innovation
new book; new publication
new building; new construction
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
novel; original; new; innovative
New Year
newly-wed; newly married
new book
Shinbashi (Tokyo)
new graduate; recent graduate
rebirth; new birth; nascent
new car
newly arrived; newly joined; newly entered; newcomer
new home
new rice field; newly developed rice field
new (political) party
new rice; first rice crop of the year
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
New Year
new and old; incoming and outgoing
reform; renovation
redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment
newborn baby
bride
bridegroom
young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer
new medicine; new drug
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.
newly appointed; inaugural
fresh troops; fresh players
renewal; replacement; regeneration; rejuvenation
rising; up-and-coming
new style
nova
new stock; new share; newly issued shares
fresh verdure; new green leaves
brand new
new law
sprout; bud; shoot
new word; neologism; newly coined word; recent coinage
shingeki; new drama (movement); form of Japanese theater developed towards the end of the Meiji period inspired by modern Western theater
newcomer; new face
reformation
new form; new formula
fresh snow; new snow
fresh; new
new government; new administration
sports newspaper
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)
new style
new system; new order
new product
COVID-19; coronavirus disease 2019
new school term
new adult (in Japan, a person who reaches adulthood that year)
new concept
new school (of thought, etc.)
new life; fresh start; new routine
new release; putting (a new product) on sale; launch
newly built apartment house; newly built condominium
newspaper company
newspaper story (article, account)
new product
latest news; most recent news
latest information; latest news; update
the newest research
state-of-the-art; cutting-edge
Happy New Year