朱 — kanji meaning “vermilion”
朱
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
- Meanings
- vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
- On'yomi
- シュ (shu)
- Kun'yomi
- あけ
- Name readings
- あ、あか、あき、す
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- 8
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 1
- Newspaper frequency
- #1788 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 75
- Chinese reading
- zhū — Chinese character page
Words with 朱
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 朱印 | しゅいん shuin | red seal |
| 御朱印 | ごしゅいん goshuin | goshuin; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples |
| 朱雀 | すざく suzaku | Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens) |
| 朱色 | しゅいろ shuiro | vermilion (colour); cinnabar |
| 朱鷺 | じゅろ juro | Japanese crested ibis |
| 朱子学 | しゅしがく shushigaku | neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi); Cheng-Zhu school |
| 朱肉 | しゅにく shuniku | thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink |
| 朱門 | しゅもん shumon | red-lacquered gate |
| 朱鳥 | しゅちょう shuchou | Shuchō era (686.7.20-686.12.?); Suchō era; Akamitori era |
| 銀朱 | ぎんしゅ ginshu | vermilion (pigment) |
| 朱書 | しゅしょ shusho | writing in red |
| 堆朱 | ついしゅ tsuishu | red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief |
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