Jisho

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朱

6 strokes
Radical:
tree 木
Parts:
｜ ノ 二 ハ 木 牛
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

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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

嘴

16 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
匕 口 止 角
beak, bill
Kun:
くちばし、 はし
On:
シ

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On reading compounds

  • 嘴管 【シカン】 insertion tip (e.g. of a catheter)
  • 乳嘴 【ニュウシ】 (mammary) nipple, teat
  • 砂嘴 【サシ】 spit, sandspit

Kun reading compounds

  • 嘴 【くちばし】 beak, bill
  • くちばしが黄色い 【くちばしがきいろい】 fledgling, young and inexperienced, green, wet behind the ears
  • 嘴 【くちばし】 beak, bill
  • 嘴黒阿比 【はしぐろあび】 common loon (Gavia immer), great northern diver, great northern loon
  • 大嘴 【おおはし】 toucan
  • いすかの嘴 【いすかのはし】 (something) not coming together (as one had hoped or expected), unfortunate turn of events, unexpected turn, (a) crossbill's beak (which has differently shaped upper and lower parts)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zui3
Korean:
chwi

Spanish

Portuguese

French

1000 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4256X Morohashi
905 New Nelson (John Haig)
3d13.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-13 SKIP code
6202.7 Four corner code
1-51-60 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5634 Unicode hex code

鸛

28 strokes
Radical:
bird 鳥
Parts:
口 艾 杰 隹 鳥
Variants:
雚
Japanese stork
Kun:
こうのとり
On:
カン

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Kun reading compounds

  • 鸛 【こうのとり】 stork (esp. the Oriental stork, Ciconia boyciana)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
guan4
Korean:
gwan

Spanish

Portuguese

French

5370 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
47500X Morohashi
7008 New Nelson (John Haig)
11b17.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-17-11 SKIP code
4722.7 Four corner code
1-83-33 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
9e1b Unicode hex code