The kanji 朱: meaning, readings and stroke order

朱

Meaning: vermilion, red
On reading: シュ shu
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 6
Radical: 木 tree
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: màu đỏ son (chu)
Japanese: あかいいろ。しゅいろ。
Korean: 붉은빛, 주홍색 (주)
Chinese: 朱红

Readings, words and example sentences

シュ shu · on reading

朱しゅ色いろ
vermilion, bright red
神社の門は 朱しゅ色いろです。
The shrine gate is vermilion.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.