朱
scarlet; vermilion; cinnabar; red; bloody
6 strokes. Jōyō kanji, taught in secondary school. Newspaper frequency rank 1788.
Readings
- シュ (on reading): 朱 (しゅ) vermillion (colour); 朱印状 (しゅいんじょう) license with a red seal (licence)
- あけ (kun reading): 朱 (あけ) red; 朱に染まる (あけにそまる) to welter in blood
Components
- 丿
- 未
- ノ radical slash, katakana no
- ｜ radical vertical stroke
- ハ radical eight, katakana ha
- 二 radical two
- 木 radical tree
- 牛 radical cow
Kanji containing 朱
- 株 stocks
- 殊 particularly
- 珠 pearl
- 侏 actor
- 洙 name of a Chinese river
- 茱 river ginger tree
- 蛛 spider
- 誅 death penalty
- 銖 measuring unit, 1/16 of a ryou
Words using 朱
- 朱 (しゅ) vermillion (colour)
- 朱印状 (しゅいんじょう) license with a red seal (licence)
- 御朱印 (ごしゅいん) goshuin
- 朱子学 (しゅしがく) neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi)
- 朱色 (しゅいろ) vermilion (colour)
- 朱 (あけ) red
- 朱に染まる (あけにそまる) to welter in blood
- 朱雀 (すざく) Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)
- 朱で描く (あかでえがく) to miniate
- 朱鷺 (じゅろ) Japanese crested ibis
48 words in all.