vermilion, cinnabar, scarlet, red, bloody
朱 centers on a vivid red color, specifically vermilion or cinnabar, and extends to scarlet and the color of blood.
朱 originally depicted a tree with a mark indicating the red color of its core or sap, representing cinnabar or vermilion. The modern form retains the tree-like shape with an added stroke.
The left stroke 丿 looks like a brush dipping into red ink, and the right side 未 resembles a tree. Imagine a tree whose sap is bright vermilion red.
For シュ, imagine a shoe dipped in vermilion paint: shoe -> シュ, and the red color stains the shoe.
red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet
goshuin; seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples
Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
Japanese crested ibis
red seal
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi); Cheng-Zhu school
thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink
red-lacquered gate
African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
type of silver coin in the Edo period
cinnabar; vermilion
red lacquerware with patterns carved in relief
goshuin booklet; book for receiving seal stamps at shrines and temples
shogun-authorized trading vessel (authorised)
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange
to miniate; to paint red
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
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood
to retouch; to correct