Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
Kun:
あけ
On:
シュ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1788 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 朱 【シュ】 vermillion (colour), cinnabar, red orange, vermillion (pigment), cinnabar ink stick, correction written in red ink
  • 銖 【シュ】 shu, unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō, shu, Edo-period unit of currency, 1/16th of a ryō
  • 堆朱 【ツイシュ】 red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief
  • 銀朱 【ギンシュ】 vermilion (pigment)

Kun reading compounds

  • 朱 【あけ】 red, vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet
  • 朱に染まる 【あけにそまる】 to welter in blood, to be covered in blood

Readings

Japanese names:
あ、 あか、 あき、 す
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhu1
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • bermellón
  • rojo oscuro
  • antigua unidad monetaria

Portuguese

  • vermelhão
  • zinabre
  • escarlate
  • vermelho
  • ensangüentado

French

  • vermillon
  • rouge
  • écarlate
  • sanglant
1346 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1720 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
184 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1681 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1415 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
341 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1503 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1602 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1768 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1049 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
4344 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2200 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2960 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
226 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14424 Morohashi
3531 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2546 New Nelson (John Haig)
221 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
235 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1081 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2464 2001 Kanji
0a6.13 The Kanji Dictionary
4-6-3 SKIP code
2590.0 Four corner code
1-28-75 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
6731 Unicode hex code

10 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening
Parts:
Variants:
lips
Kun:
くちびる
On:
シン
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1992 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 唇音 【シンオン】 labial sound
  • 唇音化 【シンオンカ】 labialization
  • 下唇 【シタクチビル】 lower lip
  • 上唇 【ウワクチビル】 upper lip, labrum

Kun reading compounds

  • 唇 【くちびる】 lip, lips
  • 唇を奪う 【くちびるをうばう】 to steal a kiss, to snatch a kiss
  • 上唇 【うわくちびる】 upper lip, labrum
  • 下唇 【したくちびる】 lower lip

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chun2
Korean:
jin

Spanish

  • labios

Portuguese

  • Lábios

French

  • lèvres
1435 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1929 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
4654 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1134 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1737 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1859 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1794 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3401 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1752 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2385 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2032 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
3697 Morohashi
2737 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
807 New Nelson (John Haig)
2013 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2169 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1316 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3377 2001 Kanji
3d7.12 The Kanji Dictionary
2-7-3 SKIP code
7160.3 Four corner code
1-31-16 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5507 Unicode hex code