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朱 (Kangxi radical 75,木+2, 6 strokes,cangjie input竹十木 (HJD),four-corner2590₀,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 inHan)	Liushutong (compiled inMing)
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.

CompareProto-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. andsimp.]

   jìnzhū zhě chì, jìn mò zhě hēi[Pinyin]

   who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl (literally: "Proximity tocinnabar makes one red, to pitch makes one black.")

2. brightred

   • 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: TheAnalects of Confucius,c. 475 – 221BCE, translated based onJames Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Wù zǐ zhī duózhū yě, wù zhèngshēng zhī luàn yǎyuè yě, wù lìkǒu zhī fù bāngjiā zhě.”[Pinyin]

     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. asurname

   朱熹  ― Zhū Xī  ― Zhu Xi (Song dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar)

   朱棣文  ― Zhū Dìwén  ― StevenChu (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]  ― jit⁶zyu¹[Jyutping]  ―  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) ^{←しゆ(syu)?}

1. Abbreviation of朱色(“vermilion”).

朱 (eumhun붉을주(bulgeul ju))

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

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

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