| 256 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 165 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 148 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 36 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2080 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 178 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 55 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 1965 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 2.5 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 174 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 174 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 85 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 956 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2239 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1166 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1587 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1516 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 13572 | Morohashi |
| 1784 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2387 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1502 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1619 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 80 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 226 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N4
51 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 新 【シン】 new, neo-, newness, novelty, Gregorian calendar, Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE), Hsin dynasty
- 新鋭 【シンエイ】 young and energetic, up-and-coming, new and excellent, newly produced, up-and-comer
- 維新 【イシン】 reformation, revolution, renewal, Meiji Restoration, Nippon Ishin no Kai, Japan Innovation Party
- 改新 【カイシン】 reformation
Kun reading compounds
- 新しい 【あたらしい】 new, novel, fresh, recent, latest, up-to-date, modern
- 新しい女 【あたらしいおんな】 liberated woman
- 新た 【あらた】 new, fresh, novel
- 新田 【しんでん】 new rice field, newly developed rice field, wasteland or marshland newly reclaimed as a rice field (Edo period)
Readings
- Japanese names:
- あせ、 あたらし、 し、 に、 にっ、 につ、 よし
- Korean:
- sin
Spanish
- nuevo
- fresco
Portuguese
- novo
French
- nouveau
| 454 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5b8.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-9-4 | SKIP code |
| 0292.1 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-23 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 65b0 | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N1
1204 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 潟湖 【セキコ】 lagoon
Kun reading compounds
- 潟 【かた】 lagoon, inlet, creek, tidal beach, tidal flat, tideland
Readings
- Japanese names:
- がら
- Korean:
- seog
Spanish
- laguna
Portuguese
- lagoa
French
- lagon
| 1084 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1036 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 2695 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1502 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2273 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1626 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1736 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1847 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1248 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 921 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 520 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 679 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 2059 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 18247 | Morohashi |
| 745 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 3328 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 2039 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 2195 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1778 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 350 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3a12.9 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-3-12 | SKIP code |
| 1-3-11 | SKIP code |
| 3712.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-19-67 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 6f5f | Unicode hex code |