朱
Readings
Kana:
シュ、あけ
Romaji:
shu, ake
Name Readings
Kana:
あ、あか、あき、す
Romaji:
a, aka, aki, su
Meanings
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
Stroke Diagram
Kanji Info
Stroke Count:
6
Radical Number:
4
Frequency:
1788
Grade:
8
Skip Pattern:
4-6-3
Korean Reading:
ju
Chinese Reading:
zhu1
Unicode:
6731
JIS:
3C6B
Indexes
Halpern Index: 3531
Nelson Index: 184
New Nelson Index: 2546
Spahn Hadamitzky Index: 0a6.13
Four Corner Index: 2590.0
Guide to Remembering Index: 1346
Gakken Index: 1720
Japanese Names Index: 341
Daikanwanjiten Index: 14424
Daikanwanjiten Index and Page: 6.0037
Remembering the kanji Index: 221
Kanji Flashcards Index: 1415
Kodansha Compact Index: 1049
Kanji in Context Index: 1768
1999 Kanji Learners Index: 2200
2013 Kanji Learners Index: 2960
French Remembering the Kanji Index: 226
Remembering the Kanji 6th Index: 235
Essential Kanji Index: 1681
Kodansha Kanji Index: 4344
Roo 2001 Kanji Index: 2464
Tuttle Kanji Cards Index: 1081
Words
朱
(あけ、ひ)
scarlet; red; blood
朱
(しゅ)
cinnabar; vermillion; red; slightly-orange red; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)
朱印
(しゅいん)
red seal
朱色
(しゅいろ)
vermilion; scarlet
丹朱
(たんしゅ)
cinnabar; vermilion
赤
(あか)
red; crimson; scarlet; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light; red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; complete; total; perfect; obvious; copper
朱雀
(すざく、すじゃく、しゅじゃく)
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens
朱子学
(しゅしがく)
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)
鴇
(とき、しゅろ、つき、トキ)
Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis
御朱印
(ごしゅいん)
letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal