new; newborn; emerging; nascent; rebirth; regeneration; new life; new
新 (Xīn) · 13 strokes
Phonosemantic component. 辛 represents the sound, and 斤 (axe) and 木 (tree) represent the original meaning "firewood", now written as 薪. The meaning later shifted to "fresh" and "new".
生 (shēng) · 5 strokes
Pictograph of a sprout (屮) emerging from the ground (一).