朱

See also: 硃

朱	U+6731, 朱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6731

← 朰
[U+6730]

CJK Unified Ideographs

朲 →
[U+6732]

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

朱 (radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十木 (HJD), four-corner 2590₀, composition ⿰丿未 or ⿻𠂉木)

Derived characters[edit]

侏, 诛, 𠙎, 㧣, 咮, 姝, 洙, 邾, 陎, 𠱒, 𡥛, 𡱖, 𤝹, 𨒲, 𪣎, 𪨴, 𫷨, 㦵, 㸡, 䏭, 株, 殊, 珠, 𢼲, 𣂛, 𣆦, 𤈐, 𤔏, 𫾭, 𬆤, 㼡, 硃, 祩, 秼, 铢, 𣥵, 𤶎, 𥅲, 𫁍, 䇬, 䎷, 絑, 茱, 蛛, 袾, 𦐣, 𦐨, 𦧙, 䣷, 誅, 趎, 跦, 𧵺, 銖, 𣗾, 𣘈, 𨾲, 𪳔, 𬹣, 𣙸, 𩊣, 𩳅, 駯, 𩢻, 鮢, 鴸, 𣜱, 𪎡, 𪴄, 𣞊, 𧑤, 𪏿, 鼄, 𣠶

References[edit]

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

Chinese[edit]

硃 - cinnabar
trad.		朱/硃
simp.		朱

Glyph origin[edit]

Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
咮	tu, tus, tos, tjo
株	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	to, tʰjo
鴸	to, tjo
蛛	*to
殊	to, djo
趎	*do
珠	*tjo
朱	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	tjo, tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Ideogram (指事): a tree (木) with its center highlighted with an extra dot-like stroke, accentuating the tree's core; contrast 本, 末.

Etymology[edit]

Compare Proto-Vietic *tɔh (“red”) (Schuessler, 2007). 赭 (OC *tjaːʔ, “red paint”) may be related.

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹
Gan (Wiktionary): jy³
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chû
Jin (Wiktionary): zu¹
Min Nan
(Hokkien, POJ): chu

(Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹
Wu (Wiktionary): tsr (T1)

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
  - Wade–Giles: chu¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: zyu¹
  - Yale: jyū
  - Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ʃyː⁵⁵/
Gan
- (Nanchang)
  - Wiktionary: jy³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹³/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
  - Hakka Romanization System: zu´
  - Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
Jin
- (Taiyuan)⁺
  - Wiktionary: zu¹
  - Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡su¹¹/
Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
  - Tâi-lô: tsu
  - Phofsit Daibuun: zw
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: zu¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/
Wu
- (Shanghainese)
  - Wiktionary: tsr (T1)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕɨo/

Rime
Character	朱
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	章 (23)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	章俱切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*to/

(Zhengzhang): /*tjo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朱	朱
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhū	zhū
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyu ›	‹ tsyu ›
Old Chinese	/*to/	/*to/
English	dwarf	red
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朱
Reading #	1/1
No.	17569
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朱
Old Chinese	/*tjo/
Notes	甲金文木中加劃表樹榦（本戴侗說），株初文

Definitions[edit]

朱

cinnabar; vermilion
bright red
A surname.
朱棣文 ― Zhū Dìwén ― Steven Chu (an American physicist and former Secretary of Energy)

Synonyms[edit]

(surname): 未撇朱

Descendants[edit]

→ English: Chu, Zhu

Compounds[edit]

Derived terms from 朱

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shū, shú, zhū (shu¹, shu², zhu¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˊ, ㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
  - Pinyin: shū
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
  - Wade–Giles: shu¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: shú
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ
  - Wade–Giles: shu²
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu
  - Tongyong Pinyin: shú
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵/
- (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
  - Pinyin: zhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
  - Wade–Giles: chu¹
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
  - Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: syu⁴
  - Yale: syùh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʃyː²¹/

Definitions[edit]

朱

Only used in 朱提 (Shūshí).

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

朱

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings[edit]

Go-on: す (su)
Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
Kun: あか (aka, 朱); あき (aki, 朱); あけ (ake, 朱)
Nanori: あかね (akane)

Noun[edit]

朱(あけ) • (ake)

crimson

朱(あか) • (aka)

Alternative form of 赤

朱(しゅ) • (shu)

Abbreviation of 朱色 (“vermilion”).

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

朱: Hán Nôm readings: cho, chẩu, chõ, Chu, chau, châu, choa

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朱

Contents

Translingual[edit]

Han character[edit]

Derived characters[edit]

References[edit]

Chinese[edit]

Glyph origin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Synonyms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

Compounds[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Definitions[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Kanji[edit]

Readings[edit]

Noun[edit]

Korean[edit]

Hanja[edit]

Vietnamese[edit]

Han character[edit]

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