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)
