HSK 1 · Describing

新

xīn

new

Stroke order of 新

新 is written with 13 strokes. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

Memory trick

Standing '立' by a tree '木' with an axe '斤', you cut fresh new wood.

Parts: 亲 (立 stand + 木 tree) + 斤 axe

Example sentence

这是我的新手机。

This is my new mobile phone.

Words with 新

新年New Year 重新again; anew 新闻news 创新innovation; to innovate 新鲜fresh

More words: Describing

大big; large 小small; little 多many; much 少few; little 高tall; high 老old 快fast; quickly 慢slow 难difficult; hard 干净clean 坏bad; broken

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