新居
Chinese edit
new; newly; meso- (chem.) | reside | ||
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trad. (新居) | 新 | 居 | |
simp. #(新居) | 新 | 居 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
新居
Antonyms edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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新 | 居 |
しん Grade: 2 |
きょ Grade: 5 |
on’yomi | kan’on |
Etymology edit
Either from Middle Chinese compound 新居 (MC sin kjo, literally “new + residence”), or coined independently in Japanese of Middle Chinese-derived elements as a compound of 新 (shin, “new”) + 居 (kyo, “residence”).
First cited to a text from 1403.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [from 1403] a new house, a new home, either one that has been built new or that has been moved into recently
- Antonym: 旧居 (kyūkyo, literally “old residence”)