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The Kanji Map

Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N1

1788 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 6

Meaning: vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody

Kunyomi: あけ

Onyomi: シュ

Composition: 未 丿

朱

Radical

Radical: 木

Meaning: tree

Reading: き

Frequency: 1,369

Alternative forms:

(alt radical position hen)

木

Examples

Onyomi Examples

朱 (シュ) vermillion (colour), cinnabar, red orange, vermillion (pigment), cinnabar ink stick, correction written in red ink

銖 (シュ) shu, unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō, shu, Edo-period unit of currency, 1/16th of a ryō

堆朱 (ツイシュ) red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief

銀朱 (ギンシュ) vermilion (pigment)

Kunyomi Examples

朱 (あけ) red, vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet

朱に染まる (あけにそまる) to welter in blood, to be covered in blood

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