新聞

Kanji breakdown

• 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".

• 聞 (wén) · 14 strokes

  Phonosemantic compound. 耳 represents the meaning and 門 represents the sound.

Example sentences

1. 新聞どこ？ — Where's the newspaper?
2. 新聞はどこ？ — Where are the newspapers?
3. これは新聞です。 — This is a newspaper.
4. 新聞読まないの？ — Don't you read a newspaper?
5. 今日の新聞見た？ — Have you seen today's paper?

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