新手

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Noun

新手

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

Synonyms

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
新 手
あら
Grade: 2 		て
Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
荒手 (rare)

Compound of 新 (ara, “new”, root stem of adjective 新た arata, “new”; cognate with obsolete verb 生る aru, “to appear, to become manifest”) +‎ 手 (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 荒 (ara, “rough, unfinished”, cognate with 新 (ara, “new”)) +‎ 手 (te, “hand; -er, someone who does something”).[1]

First attested in a text from 1220.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

新(あら)手(て) • (arate) 

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

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
新 手
しん
Grade: 2 		て
Grade: 1
on'yomi kun'yomi

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

First attested in a text from 1790.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

新(しん)手(て) • (shinte) 

  1. a new method, a new way of doing something
    Synonym: 新手 (arate)
    Antonym: 古手 (furute, literally “old hand”)

References

  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, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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