朱しゅ

しゅ

Meanings

1

shu (unit of weight); 1/24 ryō

historical term

Historical unit of weight, equal to 1/24 of a ryō. Used in pre-modern Japanese measurement systems.

See also: 両

江え戸ど時じ代だいの金きん貨かの重おもさは、しばしば朱しゅで表あらわされた。
The weight of gold coins in the Edo period was often expressed in shu.

2

shu (currency unit); 1/16 ryō

historical term

Edo-period currency unit, worth 1/16 of a ryō. Used for gold and silver coinage.

See also: 両

一いっ朱しゅ金きんは、江え戸ど時じ代だいの小しょう額がく金きん貨かとして流りゅう通つうした。
The one-shu gold coin circulated as a small-denomination gold currency in the Edo period.