vermillion; cinnabar red; red-orange
A traditional bright red-orange color, often associated with Japanese culture, seals, and ink.
The vermillion torii gate is striking.
vermillion pigment; cinnabar pigment
The pigment itself, historically made from cinnabar; used in painting, printing, and traditional crafts.
Vermillion pigment is used in this painting.
red-ink correction
A correction or annotation written in red ink, common in teaching or proofreading contexts.
The teacher marked corrections in red on the exam paper.
朱 is a bright vermilion-orange red often used for lacquer and seals, while 緋 is a deeper, more purely scarlet hue.
vermilion; cinnabar color
red seal; vermilion seal
neo-Confucianism (Zhu Xi school); Cheng-Zhu school
red ink paste; seal ink; vermillion ink pad
red-lacquered gate
cinnabar; vermilion
red lacquerware with carved relief patterns
dwarf
red lips; vermilion lips
The kanji 朱 originally depicted a tree with a red core, representing the color vermillion. The reading しゅ is the Sino-Japanese on'yomi.
vermilion ink stick; cinnabar ink stick
writing in red; red-ink writing
unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)
vermilion lacquer
red mark; red dot
vermilion tray