Jisho

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6 strokes
Radical:
tree
Parts:
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

15 strokes
Radical:
clothes 衣 (衤)
Parts:
Variants:
praise, extol
Kun:
ほ.める
On:
ホウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
2073 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 報奨金 【ホウショウキン】 cash bonus, reward, bounty
  • 褒美 【ホウビ】 reward, prize
  • 過褒 【カホウ】 excessive praise, overpraise

Kun reading compounds

  • 褒める 【ほめる】 to praise, to commend, to compliment, to speak well of, to speak highly of

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bao1
Korean:
po

Spanish

  • alabanza
  • elogio
  • alabar
  • elogiar

Portuguese

  • elogio
  • enaltecer

French

  • éloge
  • louer
1803 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1883 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
331 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1732 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2556 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
803 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
818 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1936 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1629 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2662 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1356 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1841 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1007 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
34437 Morohashi
2144 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
5483 New Nelson (John Haig)
998 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1073 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1797 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
465 2001 Kanji
2j13.1 The Kanji Dictionary
2-2-13 SKIP code
0073.2 Four corner code
1-43-11 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
8912 Unicode hex code