漢字Kanji · in Nature & Elements
朱: vermilion, cinnabar
Also: scarlet, red, bloody
JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
丿 carries the meaning · 未 is drawn in
6 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
シュshu · on'yomi · in compounds
- 朱印しゅいんred seal
- 朱顔しゅがんflushed face
あけake · kun'yomi · on its own
- 朱あけred; vermilion; cinnabar
Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Stand before a great, ancient tree and see 木! The vertical line is the sturdy trunk, the top strokes are branches reaching for the sunlight, and the bottom strokes are the roots gripping the earth.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
未
Also built on un- (未)
朱 gives its sound to
The family reading is シュ (shu). Sound parts: KanjiVG.
Easy to confuse
The difference, side by side朱 vermilion · 丿 + 未
vs机 desk · 木 + 几In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · zhū
Same form: 朱 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 朱 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 朱 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhū most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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