Kanji: 新

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 9 (completion of 2nd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 2nd grade in Japan
Radical:	斤 Radical name: きん
Meaning:	New
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 50 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	新(あたら)しい	new
N5	新聞(しんぶん)	newspaper
N4	新聞社(しんぶんしゃ)	newspaper company
N3	新(あら)た	new, fresh, novel
N3	新鮮(しんせん)	fresh
N2	新幹線(しんかんせん)	bullet train (very high speed), shinkansen
N1	革新(かくしん)	reform, innovation
N1	新(しん)	new
N1	新興(しんこう)	rising, developing, emergent
N1	新婚(しんこん)	newly-wed
N1	新人(しんじん)	new face, newcomer
N1	新築(しんちく)	new building, new construction
N1	新入生(しんにゅうせい)	freshman, first-year student