朱: Vermilion; Cinnabar; ScarletKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it

Words that use the on'yomi (シュ)

• 朱印しゅいんred seal
• ご朱印ごしゅいんletter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal
• ご朱印船ごしゅいんせんshogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)
• 一朱銀いっしゅぎんtype of silver coin in the Edo period
• 丹朱たんしゅcinnabar; vermilion
• 堆朱ついしゅred lacquerware with patterns carved in relief
• 御朱印ごしゅいんletter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal
• 御朱印船ごしゅいんせんshogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)
• 朱に交われば赤くなるしゅにまじわればあかくなるpeople are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble
• 朱をそそぐしゅをそそぐto flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)
• 朱を入れるしゅをいれるto retouch; to correct
• 朱を注ぐしゅをそそぐto flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)
• 朱儒しゅじゅdwarf
• 朱印帳しゅいんちょうnotebook for collecting seal stamps sold at shrines and temples
• 朱印状しゅいんじょうlicense with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)
• 朱印船しゅいんせんred seal ship; shogunate-licensed trading ship
• 朱唇しゅしんred lips
• 朱唇皓歯しゅしんこうしred lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)
• 朱塗りしゅぬりpainting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion
• 朱墨しゅずみred-ink stick; red and black
• 朱子学しゅしがくneo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)
• 朱引きしゅびきdrawing red lines
• 朱文金しゅぶんきんJapanese shubunkin goldfish variety
• 朱書しゅしょwriting in red
• 朱書きしゅがきwriting in red
• 朱泥しゅでいunglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)
• 朱漆しゅうるしvermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)
• 朱点しゅてんred mark
• 朱点童子しゅてんどうじShuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe
• 朱珍しゅちんsatin with raised figures
• 朱盆しゅぼんvermilion tray
• 朱筆しゅひつred-ink brush
• 朱筆を入れるしゅひつをいれるto make corrections
• 朱肉しゅにくthick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad
• 朱色しゅいろvermilion; scarlet
• 朱記しゅきwriting in red ink
• 朱門しゅもんred-lacquered gate
• 朱鞘しゅざやred-lacquered sword sheath
• 朱顔しゅがんflushed face
• 朱鳥しゅちょうShuchō era (686.7.20-686.12.?); Suchō era
• 程朱学ていしゅがくneo-Confucianism (based on the teaching of the Cheng brothers and Zhu Xi)
• 銀朱ぎんしゅvermilion; scarlet

Words that use a kun'yomi

• 朱あけscarlet; red
• 朱に染まるあけにそまるto welter in blood; to be covered in blood

Other readings

• 朱いあかいred; crimson
• 朱で描くあかでえがくto miniate; to paint red
• 朱嘴鸛しゅばしこうwhite stork (Ciconia ciconia)
• 朱塗しゅぬりpainting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion
• 朱引しゅびきdrawing red lines
• 朱欒ザボンpomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock
• 朱雀すざくVermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)
• 朱鷺ときJapanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis
• 朱鷺草ときそうpogonia (Pogonia japonica) (species of orchid)
• 猩々朱鷺しょうじょうときscarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
• 猩猩朱鷺しょうじょうときscarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber)

Kanji that often appear with 朱

• 印
• 船
• 銀
• 御
• 入
• 唇
• 塗
• 子
• 学
• 引
• 書