朱 zhū
noun
: vermillion
硃 [朱] zhū
: cinnabar; red mercury; mercuric sulfide HgS
Kun Reading
朱 | あけ ake
noun
: scarlet; red
: blood
朱 | あか aka
noun
: red; crimson; scarlet
: red-containing color (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
: (Colloquialism) Red (i.e. communist)
: (Abbreviation) red light
: (Abbreviation) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; () complete; total; perfect; obvious
朱い | あかい akai
adjective
: red
: Red (i.e. communist)
On Reading
朱 | しゅ shu
noun
: cinnabar; vermillion; red; slightly-orange red
: red pigment (and ink made from same)
: red text (as used to correct documents)
朱䴉[鹮] zhu1huan2: (Chinese bird species) crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
朱鷺[鹭] zhu1lu4: ibis; Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); same as 朱鹮
[朱鷺 | とき toki OR しゅろ shuro: Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis]
朱麗葉 [朱丽叶] zhu1 li4 ye4: Juliet
朱砂 OR 硃砂 [朱砂] zhu1 sha1: cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS; also written
Japanese expression | yojijukugo 四字熟語 | proverb
朱を注ぐ | しゅをそそぐ shu o sosogu
: to flush bright red (e.g. of someone’s face)
*朱唇皓歯 | しゅしんこうし shushin koushi
: (yoji) red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)
朱に交われば赤くなる | しゅにまじわればあかくなる shu ni majiwareba akakunaru
: he who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith; one rotten apple spoils the barrel
Chinese expression | chengyu 成語 | idiom
*皓齒硃唇 [皓齿朱唇] hao4 chi3 zhu1 chun2
: white teeth and vermilion lips; lovely young woman
近朱近墨 jin4 zhu1 jin4 mo4
: one is judged by the company one keeps
近朱者赤，近墨者黑 jin4 zhu1 zhe3 chi4 , jin4 mo4 zhe3 hei1
: proximity to cinnabar makes you red, to pitch makes you black (from Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修|欧阳修); different environments provide different influence. Nurture determines a person’s character.
指事 Indicative.
Tree 未 (wei4: not yet; 8th terrestrial branch) with
an indicator mark 丿 (pie3: line radical 4) pointing to the stem.
Original form of 株.
簡體 Simplified.
朱
Look-alike:
天 tian1
: day; sky
[kun: あま ama, あめ ame. on: てん ten]
矢 shi3
: arrow; dart
[kun: や ya, やがら yagara, やじり yajiri. on: シ shi]
失 shi1
: to lose, to miss, to fail
[kun: うせる useru, うせろ usero, うしなう ushinau, なくす nakusu. on: しつ shitsu, itsu]
夫 fu1 | fu2
: husband; man
: (classical) this, that, he, she, they
[kun: つま tsuma; おっと otto, それ sore. on: フ fu, フウ fuu, ブ bu]
禾 he2
: grain; cereal; radical 115
[kun: いね ine, のぎへん nogihen. on: カ ka]
先 xian1
: first; former; previous
[kun: さき saki, さきに sakini, さきんじる sakinjiru, まず mazu. on: せん sen]
Examples:
満面朱をそそいで怒った。
まんめんしゅをそそいでおこった manmen shu o sosoi de okotta
He went red in the face with rage.
Resources: Chinese Dictionary | Japanese Dictionary
