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

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

書

10 strokes
Radical:
say 曰
Parts:
日 聿
write
Kun:
か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
On:
ショ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 2
JLPT level N5
169 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 書 【ショ】 book, document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese), penmanship, handwriting, letter, note
  • 書院 【ショイン】 drawing room, study, writing alcove, publishing house
  • 投書 【トウショ】 letter (e.g. of complaint), letter to the editor, letter from a reader, contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.)
  • 議定書 【ギテイショ】 protocol

Kun reading compounds

  • 書く 【かく】 to write, to compose, to pen, to draw, to paint

Readings

Japanese names:
かき
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
shu1
Korean:
seo

Spanish

  • escritura
  • escrito
  • escribir

Portuguese

  • escrever

French

  • écrire
92 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
159 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
142 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
130 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
3719 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
70 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
58 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1216 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.3 Japanese for Busy People
131 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
131 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
181 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
998 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3292 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1703 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2314 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
333 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
14294 Morohashi
2658 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2463 New Nelson (John Haig)
327 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
349 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
121 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
197 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1678 2001 Kanji
4c6.6 The Kanji Dictionary
2-6-4 SKIP code
5060.1 Four corner code
1-29-81 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
66f8 Unicode hex code