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Kanji for New
The kanji for “new” is 新, read shin and written in 13 strokes. Here is what it means, how it is read, and the names it is used in.
new
Fresh beginnings and new things.
13 strokes On reading シン (shin) Kun reading あたらしい、あらた、あら (atarashii, arata, ara) JLPT N4
Dictionary meanings: new
Readings used for names on Nazuke: ara, shin, ni, nii
In Japan it appears in about 261 given names in the JMnedict name dictionary, in both boys’ and girls’ names.
Names written with 新: Daniel 暖新得 · Monica 茂新佳 · Nicole 新光瑠 · Sydney 詩道新 · Anthony 安蘇新 · Antonio 安音新緒 · Destiny 知寿智新 · Tiffany 知葉新 · Whitney 帆生音新 · Brittany 歩里音新 · Brittney 歩里音新 · Courtney 光音新 and 194 more
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