朱

vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

シュ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

あけ

Nanori (名乗り)

ああかあきす

Stroke Order

6 / 6

Information

Grade:8

Strokes:6

JLPT:N1

Frequency:1788

Vocabulary

シュ

Word	Reading	Meaning
朱印	シュイン	red seal
朱印状	シュインジョウ	license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)
朱印船	シュインセン	red seal ship; shogunate-licensed trading ship
朱顔	シュガン	flushed face
朱子学	シュシガク	neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi); Cheng-Zhu school

Other

Word	Reading	Meaning
朱	あけ	red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet
朱い	あかい	red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion; Red; communist
朱	あか	red; crimson; scarlet; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; complete; total; perfect; obvious; copper; red 5-point card
朱欒	ザボン	pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock
朱欒	ざぼん	pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock

Visually Similar Kanji

These kanji are easily confused due to similar shapes

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