| 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) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1788 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
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
- Korean:
- ju
Spanish
- bermellón
- rojo oscuro
- antigua unidad monetaria
Portuguese
- vermelhão
- zinabre
- escarlate
- vermelho
- ensangüentado
French
- vermillon
- rouge
- écarlate
- sanglant
| 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 |
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N2
1414 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 塗料 【トリョウ】 paints, painting material
- 塗装 【トソウ】 coating, painting
- 道途 【ドウト】 road
- 糊塗 【コト】 patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over
Kun reading compounds
- 塗る 【ぬる】 to paint, to plaster, to lacquer, to varnish, to spread, to smear, to put up (wallpaper)
- 塗り 【ぬり】 coating (esp. lacquering)
- 塗り替える 【ぬりかえる】 to repaint, to paint again, to paint (a different colour), to change completely, to break (a record), to redraw (e.g. the map), to remake
- 春慶塗 【しゅんけいぬり】 Shunkei lacquerware, lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen
- 中塗り 【なかぬり】 intermediate coat of paint or lacquer, second coat
- 塗れる 【まみれる】 to be smeared, to be covered
Readings
- Korean:
- do
Spanish
- pintar
- embadurnar
- untar
- laquear
- recubrir
Portuguese
- pintura
- gesso
- emplastar
- untar
- cobertura
French
- peinture
- peindre
- tartiner
- barbouiller
- enduire
- recouvrir
| 1637 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 1333 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 1124 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 1759 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 438 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2038 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 1073 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1121 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 1694 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 360 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3523 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1818 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2473 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1679 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 5338 | Morohashi |
| 2841 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 1074 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1663 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1792 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 1615 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 372 | 2001 Kanji |
| 3b10.10 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 2-10-3 | SKIP code |
| 4416.3 | Four corner code |
| 3810.4 | Four corner code |
| 1-37-41 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 5857 | Unicode hex code |