| 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 grade 2
JLPT level N4
986 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 肉 【ニク】 flesh, meat, flesh (of a fruit), pulp, the physical body (as opposed to the spirit), flesh, thickness, content, substance, flesh, ink pad
- 肉親 【ニクシン】 blood relationship, blood relative
- 食肉 【ショクニク】 meat (for consumption)
- 中肉 【チュウニク】 medium build, meat of medium quality
Kun reading compounds
- 肉 【しし】 flesh (esp. of an animal), meat
- 肉合い 【ししあい】 fleshiness, plumpness
- 鹿 【かのしし】 venison, deer
- 脯 【ほしし】 dried meat, jerky
Readings
- Korean:
- yug, yu
Spanish
- carne
Portuguese
- carne
French
- chair
- viande
| 297 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 209 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 365 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 779 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 3724 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 533 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 241 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 2.1 | Japanese for Busy People |
| 223 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 223 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 561 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1010 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 3966 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2042 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2756 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1031 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 29236 | Morohashi |
| 3200 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 4753 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1022 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1098 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 134 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
| 1653 | 2001 Kanji |
| 2a4.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 3-4-2 | SKIP code |
| 4-6-4 | SKIP code |
| 3-2-4 | SKIP code |
| 4022.7 | Four corner code |
| 1-38-89 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8089 | Unicode hex code |