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Kanji Detail for 朱 - "red, currency unit"
朱
- Meaning
朱 means "red, currency unit."
Red - Reddish; a yellowish-red color.
Currency unit - A monetary unit in the Edo period; one-sixteenth of a ryō. Same as 銖.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet; red; bloody
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
cinnabar, vermilion; surname
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
surname Zhu
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
cinnabar, vermilion; surname
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
True red color. | In ancient times, vermilion was considered a superior color. Wealthy noble families were called 朱門 (vermilion gates), as opposed to common houses.
- Onyomi
- Kunyomi
- Strokes
- Radical
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Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
羅生門が、朱雀大路にある以上は、この男のほかにも、雨やみをする市女笠や揉烏帽子が、もう二三人はありそうなものである。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo
そこで、下人は、何をおいても差当り明日の暮しをどうにかしようとして――云わばどうにもならない事を、どうにかしようとして、とりとめもない考えをたどりながら、さっきから朱雀大路にふる雨の音を、聞くともなく聞いていたのである。
from "Rashomon", by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, original text:Chikuma Bunko, Chikuma Shobo