新
new
- 立stand
- 木tree
- 斤axe
- kun
- あたら.しいatara.shiiあら.たara.ta
- on
- シンshin
mnemonic
STANDING (立) TREES (木) cut with an AXE (斤): fresh timber for a NEW house. "Shin" (シン) as in shinbun, newspaper, and shinkansen, the new trunk line.
examples
- 新しいあたらしいatarashiinew
- 新聞しんぶんshinbunnewspaper
- 新年しんねんshinnennew year