朱 — Chinese character
朱
zhū
cinnabar, vermilion; surname
- Pinyin
- zhū
- Radical
- 75 ⽊ (Tree)
- Strokes
- 6
- Components
- 一 木
- Formation
- ideographic — The color of the sap 一 of some trees 木
- Traditional
- 硃
- Japanese
- 朱 as a kanji
Common words with 朱
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朱雀 | zhū què | rosefinch (genus Carpodacus) |
| 朱砂 | zhū shā | cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS |
| 朱砂 (硃砂) | zhū shā | cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS |
| 朱古力 | zhū gǔ lì | chocolate (loanword); 块 (kuài) |
| 朱红 (朱紅) | zhū hóng | vermilion |
| 朱漆 | zhū qī | (traditional) red paint; red lacquer |
| 朱鹮 (朱䴉) | zhū huán | (bird species of China) crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) |
| 朱笔 (朱筆) | zhū bǐ | brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc) |
| 朱鹭 (朱鷺) | zhū lù | ibis; Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) |
| 北朱雀 | běi zhū què | (bird species of China) Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus) |
| 大朱雀 | dà zhū què | (bird species of China) great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla) |
| 拟大朱雀 (擬大朱雀) | nǐ dà zhū què | (bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides) |
English words written with 朱
朱 in the Chinese classics
Occurrences: Analects 2 · I Ching 1 · Mencius 4 · Zhuangzi 9
- Analects 17.18
- Analects 18.8
- Hexagram 47
- Mencius 3B.9
- Mencius 5A.6
- Mencius 7B.37
- Mencius 7B.38
- Zhuangzi Joined Toes
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