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新 xīn — “new”

How to write and say the Chinese character 新 (xīn), which means new — with stroke order, audio, its story, and an example sentence. Theme: Colours & describing.

Stroke order笔顺

新 is written with 13 strokes, in this order (the red stroke is the one being added):

The story behind it字源小故事

Picture it: a freshly chopped 斤 tree 亲.

A common word常用词

Example sentence例句

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