Kanji meaning 'new' picked to best characterize year 2009

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kiyomizu temple in Kyoto, writes the character ''shin,'' which means ''new'' in English, with a dash of a calligraphy brush on a large piece of ''washi'' Japanese paper on Dec. 11, 2009. The character has been chosen as the single best kanji to symbolize the year 2009.

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