朱しゅ

See also: 硃

朱しゅ U+6731, 朱 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6731 ← 朰 [U+6730] CJK Unified Ideographs 朲 → [U+6732]

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

朱しゅ (Kangxi radical 75, 木き+2, 6 strokes, cangjie input 竹たけ十じゅう木き (HJD), four-corner 2590₀, composition ⿰丿未み or ⿻𠂉木き)

Derived characters

• 侏, 诛, 𠙎, 㧣, 咮, 姝, 洙, 邾, 陎, 𠱒, 𡥛, 𡱖, 𤝹, 𨒲, 𪣎, 𪨴, 𫷨, 㦵, 㸡, 䏭, 株かぶ, 殊こと, 珠たま, 𢼲, 𣂛, 𣆦, 𤈐, 𤔏, 𫾭, 𬆤, 㼡, 硃, 祩, 秼, 铢, 𣥵, 𤶎, 𥅲, 𫁍, 䇬, 䎷, 絑, 茱, 蛛, 袾, 𦐣, 𦐨, 𦧙, 䣷, 誅, 趎, 跦, 𧵺, 銖, 𣗾, 𣘈, 𨾲, 𪳔, 𬹣, 𣙸, 𩊣, 𩳅, 駯, 𩢻, 鮢, 鴸, 𣜱, 𪎡, 𪴄, 𣞊, 𧑤, 𪏿, 鼄, 𣠶

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 509, character 13
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 14424
• Dae Jaweon: page 893, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 2, page 1154, character 3
• Unihan data for U+6731

Chinese

trad.		朱しゅ/硃
simp.		朱しゅ
硃 - cinnabar

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 朱しゅ
Shang	Western Zhou	Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han)	Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Oracle bone script	Bronze inscriptions	Small seal script	Transcribed ancient scripts

Characters in the same phonetic series (朱しゅ) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
咮	*tu, *tus, *tos, *tjo
株かぶ	*to
誅	*to
邾	*to
鼄	*to
跦	*to
袾	*to, *tʰjo
鴸	*to, *tjo
蛛	*to
殊こと	*to, *djo
趎	*do
珠たま	*tjo
朱しゅ	*tjo
侏	*tjo
絑	*tjo
祩	*tjo, *tjos
鮢	*tjo
硃	*tjo
姝	*tʰjo
銖	*djo
茱	*djo
洙	*djo
陎	*djo

Ideogram (指事しじ) : a tree (木き) with its center highlighted with an extra dot-like stroke, accentuating the tree's core; contrast 本ほん, 末すえ.

Etymology 1

Compare Proto-Vietic *tɔh (“red”) (Schuessler, 2007). 赭 (OC *tjaːʔ, “red paint”) may be related.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhū (zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese

  (Guangzhou–Hong Kong, Jyutping): zyu¹

  (Taishan, Wiktionary): zi¹

• Gan (Wiktionary): jy³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): chû

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zu¹

• Jin (Wiktionary): zu¹
• Eastern Min (BUC): cuŏ
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chu

  (Teochew, Peng'im): zu¹

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹tsy

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Yale: jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/
  • (Taishanese, Taicheng)
    • Wiktionary: zi¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡si³³/
• Gan
  • (Nanchang)
    • Wiktionary: jy³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕy²¹³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chû
    • Hakka Romanization System: zu´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su²⁴/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡su⁴⁴/
• Jin
  • (Taiyuan)⁺
    • Wiktionary: zu¹
    • Sinological IPA (old-style): /t͡su¹¹/
• Eastern Min
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: cuŏ
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡suo⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chu
    • Tâi-lô: tsu
    • Phofsit Daibuun: zw
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡su³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡su⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡su⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: zu¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsu
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡su³³/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹tsy
    • MiniDict: tsy^平ひらた
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tsr
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sz̩⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: tsyu

Rime
Character	朱しゅ
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲こえ)	章あきら (23)
Final (韻いん)	虞おそれ (24)
Tone (調しらべ)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開ひらき合あい)	Closed
Division (等ひとし)	III
Fanqie	章あきら俱切きり
Baxter	tsyu
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕɨo/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕio/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕio/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cuə̆/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕio/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕĭu/
Bernard Karlgren	/t͡ɕi̯u/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	zhū
Expected Cantonese Reflex	zyu1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*to/

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjo/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	朱しゅ	朱しゅ
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	zhū	zhū
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyu ›	‹ tsyu ›
Old Chinese	/*to/	/*to/
English	dwarf	red
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	朱しゅ
Reading #	1/1
No.	17569
Phonetic component	朱しゅ
Rime group	侯ほう
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	朱しゅ
Old Chinese	/*tjo/
Notes	甲きのえ金きむ文ぶん木き中なか加か劃表ひょう樹き榦（本ほん戴侗說せつ），株かぶ初はつ文ぶん

Definitions

朱しゅ

1. cinnabar; vermilion

   近ちか朱しゅ者もの赤あか，近ちか墨すみ者もの黑くろ [MSC, trad. and simp.]

   jìn zhū zhě chì, jìn mò zhě hēi [Pinyin]

   who keeps company with the wolf will learn to howl (literally: "Proximity to cinnabar makes one red, to pitch makes one black.")

2. bright red

   • 子こ曰：「惡あく紫むらさき之これ奪だつ朱しゅ也，惡あく鄭てい聲こえ之これ亂らん雅樂ががく也，惡あく利口りこう之これ覆くつがえ邦家ほうか者もの。」 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
     子こ曰：「恶紫むらさき之これ夺朱しゅ也，恶郑声之これ乱らん雅まさ乐也，恶利口りこう之これ覆くつがえ邦家ほうか者もの。」 [Classical Chinese, simp.]

     From: The Analects of Confucius, c. 475 – 221 BCE, translated based on James Legge's version

     Zǐ yuē: “Wù zǐ zhī duó zhū yě, wù zhèngshēng zhī luàn yǎyuè yě, wù lìkǒu zhī fù bāngjiā zhě.” [Pinyin]

     The Master said, "I hate the manner in which purple takes away the luster of vermilion. I hate the way in which the songs of Zheng confound the music of the Ya. I hate those who with their sharp mouths overthrow kingdoms and families."

3. (Hong Kong Cantonese, triad slang) one
4. a surname

   朱しゅ熹  ―  Zhū Xī  ―  Zhu Xi (Song dynasty Neo-Confucian scholar)

   朱しゅ棣文ぶん  ―  Zhū Dìwén  ―  Steven Chu (an American physicist and former U.S. Secretary of Energy)

Synonyms

• (surname): 未み撇朱

Descendants

• → English: Chu, Zhu

Compounds

• 傅でん粉こな施ほどこせ朱しゅ
• 周しゅう程ほど張ちょう朱しゅ／周しゅう程ほど张朱
• 弄ろう粉こ調ちょう朱しゅ／弄ろう粉こ调朱
• 惡あく紫むらさき奪だつ朱しゅ／恶紫夺朱
• 搓粉團だん朱しゅ／搓粉团朱
• 搓粉摶朱／搓粉抟朱
• 施ほどこせ朱しゅ傅でん粉こな
• 朱しゅ丹まこと
• 朱しゅ光ひかり
• 朱印しゅいん本ほん
• 朱しゅ口こう皓齒こうし／朱しゅ口こう皓あきら齿
• 朱しゅ古いにしえ力りょく (zhūgǔlì)
• 朱しゅ坡埡／朱しゅ坡垭
• 朱子學しゅしがく／朱子学しゅしがく (Zhūzǐxué)
• 朱子しゅし家訓かくん／朱子しゅし家か训
• 朱子しゅし語錄ごろく／朱子しゅし语录
• 朱子しゅし語ご類るい／朱子しゅし语类
• 朱しゅ家か峪 (Zhūjiāyù)
• 朱實あけみ／朱しゅ实
• 朱しゅ干ひ玉だま戚
• 朱しゅ弦つる玉だま磬かおる
• 朱しゅ彭 (Zhūpéng)
• 朱しゅ批 (zhūpī)
• 朱しゅ提ひさげ
• 朱しゅ文あや (zhūwén)
• 朱しゅ日和びより (Zhūrìhé)
• 朱しゅ明あきら (zhūmíng)
• 朱しゅ槿むくげ
• 朱しゅ標しるべ／朱しゅ标
• 朱しゅ比ひ特とく (Zhūbǐtè)
• 朱しゅ河かわ (Zhūhé)
• 朱しゅ洪ひろし武たけ
• 朱しゅ漆うるし (zhūqī)
• 朱しゅ灣わん／朱しゅ湾わん (Zhūwān)
• 朱しゅ營／朱しゅ营 (Zhūyíng)
• 朱しゅ王おう堡
• 朱しゅ理り安やす曆れき／朱しゅ理り安やす历
• 朱しゅ瓦かわら碧あお甍いらか
• 朱しゅ甍いらか碧あお瓦かわら
• 朱しゅ砂すな (zhūshā, “cinnabar”)
• 朱しゅ砂すな符ふ
• 朱筆しゅひつ／朱しゅ笔 (zhūbǐ)
• 朱しゅ紅くれない／朱しゅ红 (zhūhóng)
• 朱しゅ紫むらさき
• 朱しゅ絃／朱しゅ弦つる
• 朱しゅ紫むらさき難なん別べつ／朱しゅ紫むらさき难别
• 朱しゅ羲 (zhūxī)
• 朱脣しゅしん／朱唇しゅしん
• 朱脣しゅしん榴齒／朱唇しゅしん榴齿
• 朱脣しゅしん皓齒こうし／朱唇しゅしん皓あきら齿
• 朱脣しゅしん粉こな面めん／朱唇しゅしん粉こな面めん
• 朱しゅ華はな／朱しゅ华
• 朱しゅ蕉 (zhūjiāo)
• 朱しゅ衣ころも (Zhūyī)
• 朱しゅ衣ころも吏
• 朱しゅ衣ころも神しん
• 朱しゅ衣ころも點頭てんとう／朱しゅ衣ころも点てん头
• 朱しゅ記き／朱しゅ记
• 朱しゅ諾だく／朱しゅ诺 (Zhūnuò)
• 朱しゅ軒のき／朱しゅ轩
• 朱しゅ輪わ／朱しゅ轮
• 朱しゅ輪はなわ華はな轂こしき／朱しゅ轮华毂
• 朱しゅ轓皂蓋ぶた／朱しゅ𰺜皂盖
• 朱しゅ邸てい
• 朱門しゅもん／朱しゅ门 (zhūmén)
• 朱門しゅもん繡戶／朱しゅ门绣户
• 朱しゅ閣かく／朱しゅ阁
• 朱しゅ閣かく青樓せいろう／朱しゅ阁青楼ろう
• 朱しゅ陳ひね／朱しゅ陈
• 朱しゅ陳ひね之の好このみ／朱しゅ陈之好このみ
• 朱しゅ陸りく異同いどう／朱しゅ陆异同どう
• 朱雀すじゃく (zhūquè)
• 朱雀すざく橋きょう／朱雀すざく桥
• 朱しゅ集しゅう (Zhūjí)
• 朱しゅ雲くも折檻せっかん／朱しゅ云うん折おり槛
• 朱しゅ頂いただき／朱しゅ顶
• 朱しゅ顏がお／朱しゅ颜 (zhūyán)
• 朱しゅ顏がお粉こな面めん／朱しゅ颜粉面めん
• 朱しゅ顏がお鶴づる髮かみ／朱しゅ颜鹤发
• 朱鳥あすか／朱しゅ鸟
• 朱鷺とき／朱しゅ鹭 (zhūlù)
• 朱しゅ黃き／朱しゅ黄き
• 朱墨しゅずみ
• 朱墨しゅずみ本ほん
• 朱墨しゅずみ爛ただれ然しか／朱墨しゅずみ烂然
• 滿まん臉濺朱しゅ／满脸溅朱
• 琴きん斷だん朱しゅ弦つる／琴きん断だん朱しゅ弦つる
• 畫が閣かく朱しゅ樓ろう／画が阁朱楼ろう
• 白髮はくはつ朱しゅ顏がお／白しろ发朱颜
• 皓齒こうし朱脣しゅしん／皓あきら齿朱唇しゅしん
• 看み朱しゅ成しげる碧あお
• 碧あお瓦かわら朱しゅ甍いらか
• 程ほど朱しゅ
• 紆朱懷ふところ金きん／纡朱怀金
• 紅紫こうし亂らん朱しゅ／红紫乱らん朱しゅ
• 綠みどり鬢びん朱しゅ顏がお／绿鬓朱しゅ颜
• 繡衣朱しゅ履くつ／绣衣朱しゅ履くつ
• 脣如塗ぬり朱しゅ／唇くちびる如涂朱しゅ
• 西にし朱しゅ範はん／西にし朱しゅ范 (Xīzhūfàn)
• 近きん朱しゅ近きん墨すみ
• 銀朱ぎんしゅ／银朱

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shū, shú, zhū (shu¹, shu², zhu¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄨ, ㄕㄨˊ, ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): syu⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shū
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shu
    • Wade–Giles: shu¹
    • Yale: shū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu⁵⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, Mainland and Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shú
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄨˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shú
    • Wade–Giles: shu²
    • Yale: shú
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shwu
    • Palladius: шу (šu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂu³⁵/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, variant in Taiwan)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhu
    • Wade–Giles: chu¹
    • Yale: jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: ju
    • Palladius: чжу (čžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: syu⁴
    • Yale: syùh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: sy⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: xu⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /syː²¹/

Definitions

朱しゅ

1. Only used in 朱しゅ提ひさげ (Shūshí).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zyu¹

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zyu¹
    • Yale: jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡syː⁵⁵/

Definitions

朱しゅ

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) Short for 朱しゅ古いにしえ力りょく.

   熱ねつ朱しゅ／热朱しゅ [Cantonese]  ―  jit⁶ zyu¹ [Jyutping]  ―  hot chocolate

Japanese

Kanji

朱しゅ

(Jōyō kanji)

1. vermilion
2. cinnabar
3. scarlet
4. red
5. bloody

Readings

• Go-on: す (su)
• Kan-on: しゅ (shu, Jōyō)^{←しゆ (syu, historical)}
• Kun: あか (aka, 朱しゅ); あき (aki, 朱しゅ); あけ (ake, 朱しゅ)
• Nanori: あかね (akane)

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
朱しゅ
あけ Grade: S
kun'yomi

Noun

朱しゅ(あけ) • (ake) 

1. crimson

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
朱しゅ
あか Grade: S
kun'yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 朱しゅ – see the following entry.

【赤あかあか】1 [noun] red (color) [noun] communism, socialism [noun] a communist [prefix] entirely Alternative spelling アカ

(This term, 朱しゅ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 3

Noun

Kanji in this term
朱しゅ
しゅ Grade: S
kan'on

朱しゅ(しゅ) • (shu) 

1. Abbreviation of 朱色しゅいろ (“vermilion”).

Korean

Hanja

朱しゅ (eumhun 붉을 주 (bulgeul ju))

1. Hanja form^? of 주 (“vermillion, cinnabar”).

Vietnamese

Han character

朱しゅ: Hán Nôm readings: cho, chẩu, chõ, Chu, chau, châu, choa

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