Kanji1 / 6
朱 kanji
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
- JLPT level
- N1 (unofficial)
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Secondary school
On readings
シュ
Kun readings
あけ
Words with 朱
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —朱漆vermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)
- —銀朱vermilion (pigment)
- —朱赤vermilion
- —朱鷺Japanese crested ibis
- —朱線vermilion line; red line
- —朱印状license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)
- —朱印船red seal ship; shogunate-licensed trading ship
- —朱子学neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi); Cheng-Zhu school
- —朱書きwriting in red
- —朱塗りpainting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
- —朱文金Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety
- —御朱印goshuin; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples; letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal
- —一朱銀type of silver coin in the Edo period
- —程朱学Cheng-Zhu school (of neo-Confucianism); neo-Confucianism of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi
- —朱印帳notebook for collecting seal stamps sold at shrines and temples
- —朱引きdrawing red lines; red lines on maps marking town limits (Edo period); red lines marking nouns in kanbun texts
- —御朱印船shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)
- —朱唇皓歯red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)
- —朱を注ぐto flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)
- —御朱印帳goshuin booklet; book for receiving seal stamps at shrines and temples