朱

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 [Pinyin]

   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.” [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. 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 [Jyutping]  ―  hot chocolate

(common “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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