硃

See also: 朱

Translingual

Han character

硃 (Kangxi radical 112, 石+6, 11 strokes, cangjie input 一口竹十木 (MRHJD), four-corner 1569₀, composition ⿰石朱)

1. cinnabar / vermilion

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 829, character 36
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 24147
• Dae Jaweon: page 1245, character 7
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2429, character 4
• Unihan data for U+7843

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Chinese

trad.		硃
simp.		朱*

Glyph origin

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

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Yale: jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyu

Rime
Character	硃
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
Baxter	tsyu
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
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjo/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	硃
Reading #	1/1
No.	17576
Phonetic component	朱
Rime group	侯
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朱
Old Chinese	/*tjo/
Notes	朱分化字

Definitions

(deprecated template usage) 硃

1. cinnabar
2. ink made from cinnabar
3. red
4. a surname

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Japanese

Kanji

硃

(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)

1. cinnabar

Readings

• On (unclassified): しゅ (shu)

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Korean

Hanja

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

1. cinnabar