新 Strokes Write it Listen 新 xīn new; newly; meso- (chemistry) HSK 1 13 strokes Radical 斤 Ideograph 30 words Built from亲qīnrelatives, parents; intimate; the hazelnut tree斤jīna catty (about 500 grams); an axe; keen, shrewd How it worksA freshly chopped 斤 tree 亲.