新年

Character by character

• 新xīn13 strokesHSK 1new, recent, fresh, modern
• 年nián6 strokesHSK 1year; new-years; person's age

Each character links to its stroke order page with a tracing and a writing exercise.

Words with the same characters

These words share at least one character with 新年. Reading them together is how the character starts to stick — the same characters in a different context.

• 年niánHSK 1

  grain; harvest (old); variant of 年

• 新xīnHSK 1

  new; newly; meso- (chemistry)

• 新闻xīn wénHSK 2

  news

• 今年jīn niánHSK 1

  this year

• 重新chóng xīnHSK 2

  again; once more; re-

• 去年qù niánHSK 1

  last year

• 年轻nián qīngHSK 2

  young

• 年代nián dàiHSK 3

  a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period

• 年龄nián língHSK 5

  (a person's) age

• 明年míng niánHSK 1

  next year

• 新鲜xīn xiānHSK 4

  fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon

• 全新quán xīnHSK 6

  all new; completely new

• 当年dāng niánHSK 5

  in those days; then; in those years; during that time

• 年纪nián jìHSK 3

  age

• 青年qīng niánHSK 2

  youth; youthful years; young person; the young

• 周年zhōu niánHSK 2

  anniversary; annual

• 年度nián dùHSK 5

  year (e.g. school year, fiscal year); annual

• 少年shào niánHSK 2

  early youth; youngster; (literary) youth; young man

• 青少年qīng shào niánHSK 2

  adolescent; youth; teenager

• 多年duō niánHSK 4

  many years; for many years; longstanding

• 新娘xīn niángHSK 4

  bride

• 创新chuàng xīnHSK 3

  to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation

• 新人xīn rénHSK 6

  newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens

• 更新gēng xīnHSK 5

  to replace the old with new; to renew; to renovate; to upgrade; to update; to regenerate