朱

Translingual

Han character

朱 (radical 75 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十木 (HJD), four-corner 2590₀)

1. cinnabar, vermilion
2. used as a surname

Derived characters

• 珠 株

References

• KangXi: page 509, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14424
• Dae Jaweon: page 893, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1154, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6731

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Cantonese

Hanzi

朱 (Yale jyu1)

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Japanese

Kanji

朱 (common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: しゅ (shu)
• Kun: あか (aka), あけ (ake)

Noun

朱 (hiragana あけ, romaji ake)

1. crimson

朱 (hiragana あか, romaji aka)

1. Alternative form of 赤.

朱 (hiragana しゅ, romaji shu)

1. vermilion

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Korean

Hanja

朱 (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

朱 (pinyin shú (shu2), zhū (zhu1), Wade-Giles shu², chu¹)

Compounds

• 朱砂 (cinnabar)

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Vietnamese

Han character

朱 (chu, cho, chẩu, chõ, chau, châu, choa)