朱

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See also: 硃
朱 U+6731, 朱
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6731
← 朰
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 朲 →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

朱 (Kangxi radical 75, 木+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹十木 (HJD), four-corner 25900, composition ⿰丿未 or ⿻𠂉木)

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 509, character 13
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14424
  • Dae Jaweon: page 893, character 4
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1154, character 3
  • Unihan data for U+6731

Chinese

trad. 朱/硃
simp. 朱
硃 - cinnabar

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 朱
Shang Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (朱) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
咮 *tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株 *to
誅 *to
邾 *to
鼄 *to
跦 *to
袾 *to, *tʰjo
鴸 *to, *tjo
蛛 *to
殊 *to, *djo
趎 *do
珠 *tjo
朱 *tjo
侏 *tjo
絑 *tjo
祩 *tjo, *tjos
鮢 *tjo
硃 *tjo
姝 *tʰjo
銖 *djo
茱 *djo
洙 *djo
陎 *djo

Ideogram (指事) : a tree (木) with its center highlighted with an extra dot-like stroke, accentuating the tree's core; contrast 本, 末.

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Vietic *tɔh (“red”) (Schuessler, 2007). 赭 (OC *tjaːʔ, “red paint”) may be related.

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 朱
Reading # 1/1
Initial (聲) 章 (23)
Final (韻) 虞 (24)
Tone (調) Level (Ø)
Openness (開合) Closed
Division (等) III
Fanqie 章俱切
Baxter tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan
Wuyun 		/t͡ɕio/
Shao
Rongfen 		/t͡ɕio/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/cuə̆/
Li
Rong 		/t͡ɕio/
Wang
Li 		/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		zhū
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		zyu1
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 朱 朱
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin) 		zhū zhū
Middle
Chinese 		‹ tsyu › ‹ tsyu ›
Old
Chinese 		/*to/ /*to/
English dwarf red

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. * as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 朱
Reading # 1/1
No. 17569
Phonetic
component 		朱
Rime
group 		侯
Rime
subdivision 		0
Corresponding
MC rime 		朱
Old
Chinese 		/*tjo/
Notes 甲金文木中加劃表樹榦（本戴侗說），株初文

Definitions

朱

  1. cinnabar; vermilion
    近朱者赤，近墨者黑 [MSC, trad. and simp.]
    jìn zhū zhě chì, jìn mò zhě hēi
    who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl (literally: "Proximity to cinnabar makes one red, to pitch makes one black.")
  2. bright red
  3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) one
  4. a surname
    朱熹  ―  Zhū Xī  ―  Zhu Xi (Song dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar)
    朱棣文  ―  Zhū Dìwén  ―  Steven Chu (an American physicist and former U.S. Secretary of Energy)
Synonyms

Descendants

  • → English: Chu, Zhu

Compounds

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Definitions

朱

  1. Only used in 朱提 (Shūshí).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Definitions

朱

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 朱古力.
    熱朱／热朱 [Cantonese]  ―  jit6 zyu1   ―  hot chocolate

Japanese

Kanji

朱

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

  1. vermilion
  2. cinnabar
  3. scarlet
  4. red
  5. bloody

Readings

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
朱
あけ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Noun

朱(あけ) • (ake) 

  1. crimson

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
朱
あか
Grade: S
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 朱 – see the following entry.
【赤あか】1
red (color)
communism, socialism
a communist
entirely
Alternative spelling
アカ
(This term, 朱, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Noun

Kanji in this term
朱
しゅ
Grade: S
kan’on

朱(しゅ) • (shu) 

  1. Abbreviation of 朱色 (“vermilion”).

Korean

Hanja

朱 (eumhun 붉을 주 (bulgeul ju))

  1. Hanja form? of 주 (“vermillion, cinnabar”).

Vietnamese

Han character

朱: Hán Nôm readings: cho, chẩu, chõ, Chu, chau, châu, choa

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