| 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 N2
1395 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 鋭 【エイ】 sharpness, sharp weapon, blade, fine soldier
- 鋭意 【エイイ】 eagerly, earnestly, zealously, wholeheartedly, diligently, assiduously
- 精鋭 【セイエイ】 elite, best, pick, cream of the crop
- 気鋭 【キエイ】 spirited, energetic
Kun reading compounds
- 鋭い 【するどい】 sharp (knife, claws, etc.), pointed, sharp (pain, tone, etc.), acute, stabbing, cutting (remark, criticism, etc.), stinging, biting, fierce (attack), pointed (question, look, etc.), piercing (gaze), shrill (sound), keen (intuition, sense of smell, etc.), acute, sharp (eye, mind, etc.), astute, shrewd, discerning, penetrating (insight, question, etc.), perceptive
Readings
- Japanese names:
- とし
- Korean:
- ye, tae
Spanish
- puntiagudo
- afilado
- borde
- violento
Portuguese
- apontar
- afiar
- fio
- arma
- violento
- afiado
French
- pointu
- aigu
- tranchant
- arme
- radical
- violent
| 1018 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1211 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4864 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1449 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 979 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2344 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1371 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1458 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1373 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1823 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 2171 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1140 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1544 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 512 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 40418P | Morohashi |
| 1730 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 6279 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 500 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 539 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1811 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 2857 | 2001 Kanji |
| 8a7.12 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 1-8-7 | SKIP code |
| 8811.6 | Four corner code |
| 1-17-52 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 92ed | Unicode hex code |