| 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 junior high
JLPT level N1
1831 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 羅 【ラ】 Latin (language)
- 薄物 【ウスモノ】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk
- 修羅 【シュラ】 Asura, demigod, anti-god, titan, demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology, fighting, carnage, conflict, strife, sledge (for conveying large rocks, logs, etc.), log slide, chute, flume
- 甲羅 【コウラ】 shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.), carapace, plastron, (person's) back, years of experience
Kun reading compounds
- 薄物 【うすもの】 lightweight fabric or clothing, silk gauze, thin silk
Readings
- Korean:
- ra
Spanish
- compresa
- gasa de seda
- bien alineado
- Roma
Portuguese
- gaze
- seda fina
- Roma
French
- gaze
- soie fine
- Rome
| 1887 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1762 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3654 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1656 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2937 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1860 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 2017 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1672 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1469 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3244 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1679 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2278 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1354 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 28397 | Morohashi |
| 2622 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4655 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1342 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1442 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1919 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 3675 | 2001 Kanji |
| 5g14.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-5-14 | SKIP code |
| 6091.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-45-69 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 7f85 | Unicode hex code |