朱

Stroke order

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

• 侏, 诛, 𠙎, 㧣, 咮, 姝, 洙, 邾, 陎, 𠱒, 𡥛, 𡱖, 𤝹, 𨒲, 𪣎, 𪨴, 𫷨, 㦵, 㸡, 䏭, 株, 殊, 珠, 𢼲, 𣂛, 𣆦, 𤈐, 𤔏, 𫾭, 𬆤, 㼡, 硃, 祩, 秼, 铢, 𣥵, 𤶎, 𥅲, 𫁍, 䇬, 䎷, 絑, 茱, 蛛, 袾, 𦐣, 𦐨, 𦧙, 䣷, 誅, 趎, 跦, 𧵺, 銖, 𣗾, 𣘈, 𨾲, 𪳔, 𬹣, 𣙸, 𩊣, 𩳅, 駯, 𩢻, 鮢, 鴸, 𣜱, 𪎡, 𪴄, 𣞊, 𧑤, 𪏿, 鼄, 𣠶

• 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

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

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

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

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

   • 子曰：「惡紫之奪朱也，惡鄭聲之亂雅樂也，惡利口之覆邦家者。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子曰：「恶紫之夺朱也，恶郑声之乱雅乐也，恶利口之覆邦家者。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Wù zǐ zhī duó zhū yě, wù zhèngshēng zhī luàn yǎyuè yě, wù lìkǒu zhī fù bāngjiā zhě.”

     The Master said, "I hate the manner in which purple takes away the luster of vermilion. I hate the way in which the songs of Zheng confound the music of the Ya. I hate those who with their sharp mouths overthrow kingdoms and families."

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)

• (surname): 未撇朱

• → English: Chu, Zhu

朱

1. Only used in 朱提 (Shūshí).

朱

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 朱古力.

   熱朱／热朱 [Cantonese]  ―  jit⁶ zyu¹   ―  hot chocolate

(Jōyō kanji)

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

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kun: あか (aka, 朱)、あき (aki, 朱)、あけ (ake, 朱)
• Nanori: あかね (akane)

朱(あけ) • (ake) 

1. crimson

朱(しゅ) • (shu) 

1. Abbreviation of 朱色 (“vermilion”).

朱 (eumhun 붉을 주 (bulgeul ju))

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

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

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