新

Alternative forms

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

Glyph origin
– to cut down a tree with an axe (hence starting something new). is a variant of

Also. Original form of.

Etymology
Sino-Tibetan; cognate with 🇨🇬. Compare the cognacy between and 🇨🇬.

This word may belong to the Sino-Tibetan stem and may hence be related to  as well as.

Definitions

 * 1) new; fresh
 * 2) new; unused
 * 3) recently or just married
 * 4) the new
 * 5) to make new
 * 6) newly; freshly; recently
 * 7)  meso-
 * 8) . Xin
 * 1) recently or just married
 * 2) the new
 * 3) to make new
 * 4) newly; freshly; recently
 * 5)  meso-
 * 6) . Xin
 * 1) the new
 * 2) to make new
 * 3) newly; freshly; recently
 * 4)  meso-
 * 5) . Xin
 * 1) newly; freshly; recently
 * 2)  meso-
 * 3) . Xin
 * 1)  meso-
 * 2) . Xin
 * 1) . Xin

Descendants
Others:

Alternative forms

 * : see

Kanji

 * 1) new
 * 2) change, reform

Etymology 1
→

From.

Compare modern 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) a novelty
 * : the Gregorian calendar
 * : the Gregorian calendar

Prefix

 * 1) neo-
 * 2) attached to the title of a fiction work to mean “new storyline”, to distinguish it from older works
 * 3) attached to the title of a fiction adaptation to mean “remake”, to distinguish it from older adaptations
 * 1) attached to the title of a fiction work to mean “new storyline”, to distinguish it from older works
 * 2) attached to the title of a fiction adaptation to mean “remake”, to distinguish it from older adaptations
 * 1) attached to the title of a fiction adaptation to mean “remake”, to distinguish it from older adaptations
 * 1) attached to the title of a fiction adaptation to mean “remake”, to distinguish it from older adaptations

Proper noun

 * 1)  the Xin dynasty
 * 2) a placename

Etymology 2
→ →  →  →

From, from.

Prefix

 * 1) new, novel
 * 2) fresh
 * 3) original

Etymology 3
From.

Extension of.

Prefix

 * 1) new
 * 2) unused
 * 3) natural

Noun

 * 1) something new and unused

Etymology 5
Nominalization of adjective.

Han character

 * 1)  new