Chinese edit

new; newly; meso- (chem.) hand; convenient; ‑er
trad. (新手)
simp. #(新手)

Pronunciation edit


Noun edit

新手

  1. beginner; novice; newcomer
    新手指南  ―  xīnshǒu zhǐnán  ―  beginner's guide

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Japanese edit

Etymology 1 edit

Kanji in this term
あら
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
荒手 (rare)

Compound of (ara, new, root stem of adjective 新た arata, “new”; cognate with obsolete verb 生る aru, “to appear, to become manifest”) +‎ (te, hand; -er, someone who does something).[1][2][3] Compare the English expressions new hand, old hand.

Alternatively, may be parsed as a compound of (ara, rough, unfinished, cognate with (ara, new)) +‎ (te, hand; -er, someone who does something).[1]

First attested in a text from 1220.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(あら)() (arate

  1. [from 1886] beginner, novice, newcomer, a greenhorn
    Synonym: 初心者 (shoshinsha)
    Antonym: 古手 (furute, literally old hand)
  2. [from 1220] reinforcements, soldiers or athletes who have been kept in reserve during a battle or match and who are not yet tired
  3. [date uncertain] a new method, a new way of doing something
    Synonym: 新手 (shinte)
    Antonym: 古手 (furute, literally old hand)

Etymology 2 edit

Kanji in this term
しん
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
on’yomi kun’yomi

Appears to be a re-analysis of 新手 (arate), replacing the kun'yomi of ara for (new) with its on'yomi of shin.

First attested in a text from 1790.[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(しん)() (shinte

  1. [from 1790] a new method, a new way of doing something
    Synonym: 新手 (arate)
    Antonym: 古手 (furute, literally old hand)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN