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
- —朱を入れるto retouch; to correct
- —朱印船貿易foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)
- —朱筆を入れるto make corrections
- —満面朱を注ぐto be flushed bright red (with anger or embarrassment)
- —陶朱猗頓の富great wealth; very wealthy person
- —朱に交われば赤くなるpeople will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer; when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red
- —朱shu; unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō; shu; Edo-period unit of currency, 1/16th of a ryō
- —朱脣red lips
- —朱塗painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object
- —朱子satin
- —朱珍satin with raised figures
- —朱引drawing red lines; red lines on maps marking town limits (Edo period); red lines marking nouns in kanbun texts
- —ご朱印goshuin; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples; letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal
- —本朱子satin
- —ご朱印船shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)
- —朱点童子Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
- —ご朱印帳goshuin booklet; book for receiving seal stamps at shrines and temples
- —朱をそそぐto flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)