全新
quán xīn · HSK 6
all new
✨🆕 Sounds like QUEEN SHEEN — brand-new sparkle
QUAN echoes QUEEN, XIN echoes SHEEN. A queen insists on a fresh sheen on everything — completely new, nothing secondhand.
全 — enter 入 on top + jade 玉
Originally written as 入 (enter) over 玉 (jade), depicting a complete, unflawed piece of jade kept in storage. From this image of a perfect jade came the meanings 'whole,' 'complete,' and 'entire.' The top component is sometimes written as 人.
新 — 立 stand + 木 tree + 斤 axe
Originally depicted cutting fresh wood with an axe (斤) from a tree (木), with 辛/立 as the phonetic component. The original meaning of 'firewood' was later written as 薪, while 新 took on the extended sense of 'new' or 'fresh'.