新字

Japanese

Kanji in this term
新	字
しん Grade: 2	じ Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

From 新(しん) (shin) + 字(じ) (ji).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɕĩɲ̟d͡ʑi]

Noun

新(しん)字(じ) • (shinji) ^{←しんじ (sinzi)?}

1. "new characters": Synonym of 新字体 (shinjitai)

Coordinate terms

• 旧字(きゅうじ) (kyūji, literally “old characters”)