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    1. Dictionary
    2. Kanji
    3. 朱

    朱

    朱あけ

    vermilion

    N1KMT9Freq #1788Core ConceptsKanji6 strokes

    Kun'yomi

    あけ

    On'yomi

    シュ

    Nanori

    ああかあきす

    vermilioncinnabarscarletredbloody

    丿未

    丿
    木

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

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    Concepts using this kanji

    朱

    red

    朱子学

    neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)

    朱文金

    Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety

    一朱銀

    type of silver coin in the Edo period

    朱を入れる

    to retouch

    朱引き

    drawing red lines

    程朱学

    neo-Confucianism (based on the teaching of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi)

    朱記

    writing in red ink

    朱印状

    license with a red seal (licence)

    朱点

    red mark

    朱印

    red seal

    朱書

    writing in red

    朱書き

    writing in red

    朱に交われば赤くなる

    people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them

    朱を注ぐ

    to flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)

    満面朱を注ぐ

    to be flushed bright red (with anger or embarrassment)

    朱門

    red-lacquered gate

    朱筆を入れる

    to make corrections

    朱印船

    red seal ship

    銀朱

    vermilion (pigment)

    朱赤

    vermilion

    朱色

    vermilion (colour)

    朱印船貿易

    foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)

    朱に染まる

    to welter in blood

    御朱印

    letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal

    朱で描く

    to miniate

    朱肉

    thick red ink (used for signature seals)

    朱顔

    flushed face

    御朱印船

    shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)

    朱鳥

    Shuchō era (686.7.20-686.12.?)

    丹朱

    cinnabar

    朱印帳

    notebook for collecting seal stamps sold at shrines and temples

    朱筆

    red-ink brush

    朱塗り

    painting something vermillion

    朱泥

    unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)

    朱盆

    vermilion tray

    朱墨

    vermilion ink stick

    朱雀

    Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)

    朱鞘

    red-lacquered sword sheath

    朱唇

    red lips

    朱鷺草

    pogonia (Pogonia japonica)

    朱漆

    vermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)

    堆朱

    red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief

    朱儒

    dwarf

    陶朱猗頓の富

    great wealth

    朱鷺

    Japanese crested ibis

    朱唇皓歯

    red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)

    朱欒

    pomelo (Citrus maxima)

    朱嘴鸛

    white stork (Ciconia ciconia)

    猩猩朱鷺

    scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

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    • 朱欒
    • 朱
    • 朱印
    • 朱印状
    • 朱印船
    • 朱顔
    • 朱子学
    • 朱書
    • 朱書き
    • 朱鞘
    • 朱色
    • 朱唇
    • 朱点
    • 朱塗り
    • 朱肉
    • 朱筆
    • 朱文金
    • 朱門
    • 丹朱
    • 朱墨
    • 朱儒
    • 御朱印
    • 御朱印船
    • 堆朱
    • 朱に染まる
    • 一朱銀
    • 朱を入れる
    • 朱唇皓歯
    • 朱鳥
    • 朱雀
    • 朱嘴鸛
    • 程朱学
    • 朱を注ぐ
    • 朱に交われば赤くなる
    • 朱で描く
    • 朱記
    • 朱筆を入れる
    • 朱泥
    • 朱盆
    • 朱鷺草
    • 猩猩朱鷺
    • 朱漆
    • 銀朱
    • 朱印帳
    • 朱引き
    • 朱印船貿易
    • 満面朱を注ぐ
    • 朱赤
    • 陶朱猗頓の富
    • 朱鷺

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