朱

Meaning

朱 centers on a vivid red color, specifically vermilion or cinnabar, and extends to scarlet and the color of blood.

• 朱あけ

  red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet

• 御朱印ごしゅいん

  goshuin; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples

• 朱雀すざく

  Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)

• 朱色しゅいろ

  vermilion (colour); cinnabar

• 朱鷺じゅろ

  Japanese crested ibis

• 朱印しゅいん

  red seal

• 朱子学しゅしがく

  neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi); Cheng-Zhu school

• 朱肉しゅにく

  thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

• 朱門しゅもん

  red-lacquered gate

• アフリカ黒朱鷺アフリカくろとき

  African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)

• 一朱銀いっしゅぎん

  type of silver coin in the Edo period

• 丹朱たんしゅ

  cinnabar; vermilion

• 堆朱ついしゅ

  red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief

• 御朱印帳ごしゅいんちょう

  goshuin booklet; book for receiving seal stamps at shrines and temples

• 御朱印船ごしゅいんせん

  shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)

• 朱しゅ

  vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange

• 朱で描くあかでえがく

  to miniate; to paint red

• 朱に交われば赤くなるしゅにまじわればあかくなる

  people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer; when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red

• 朱に染まるあけにそまる

  to welter in blood; to be covered in blood

• 朱を入れるしゅをいれる

  to retouch; to correct

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