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

玲

9 strokes
Radical:
jade (king) 玉 (王)
Parts:
一 个 卩 王
sound of jewels
On:
レイ
Jinmeiyō kanji, used in names
JLPT level N1
1931 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 玲々 【レイレイ】 tinkling (jewels, metal, etc.)
  • 玲瓏 【レイロウ】 clear, translucent, brilliant, sweetly ringing (as the tinklings of jade)
  • 玲々 【レイレイ】 tinkling (jewels, metal, etc.)
  • 白玲 【ハクレイ】 Hakurei (one of the eight major professional female titles of shogi)

Readings

Japanese names:
たま、 あきら、 あき、 りょう、 れ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
ling2
Korean:
ryeong

Spanish

  • joya perfectamente clara
  • sonido de joyas
  • belleza límpida

Portuguese

French

2928 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1995 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
835 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2157 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1139 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
614 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
818 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
20888 Morohashi
910 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3626 New Nelson (John Haig)
2568 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2619 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
4f5.7 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-5 SKIP code
1813.7 Four corner code
1-46-72 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
73b2 Unicode hex code