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朱

zhū

Character

What 朱 means

1. vermilion

Other readings

朱 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• zhūcinnabar
• Zhūsurname Zhu

Example sentences

• 我会向朱迪写封信。
  I will write Judy a letter.
• 朱巴是南苏丹的首都。
  Juba is the capital of South Sudan.
• 我最喜爱朱古力的味道。
  My favorite flavor is chocolate.
• 朱迪决定穿上她的新比基尼。
  Zhūdí juédìng chuānshang tā de xīn bǐjīní.
  Judy decided to wear her new bikini.
• 朱庇特能做的，公牛做不得。
  What is permitted to Jove is not permitted to an ox.
• 罗密欧和朱丽叶正在剧场上演。
  Luómì'ōu hé Zhūlìyè zhèng zài jùchǎng shàngyǎn.
  Romeo and Juliet is on at the theatre.

Words starting with 朱

• 朱德Zhū DéZhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
• 朱丽叶Zhū lì yèJuliet or Juliette (name)
• 朱元璋Zhū Yuán zhāngZhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
• 朱自清Zhū Zì qīngZhu Ziqing (1898-1948), poet and essayist
• 朱熹Zhū XīZhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子
• 朱砂zhū shācinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS; also written 朱砂
• 朱广沪Zhū Guǎng hùZhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach
• 朱红zhū hóngvermilion
• 朱棣Zhū DìZhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永乐
• 朱雀zhū quèrosefinch (genus Carpodacus)
• 朱子Zhū zǐMaster Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹
• 朱温Zhū WēnZhu Wen (852-912), military governor 节度使
• 朱笔zhū bǐbrush dipped in red ink…
• 朱粉zhū fěnred lead oxide Pb3O4; rouge and white lead; cosmetics
• 朱诺Zhū nuòJuneau, capital of Alaska; Juno, Roman goddess of marriage
• 朱利安Zhū lì ānJulian or Julien (name)
• 朱厚照Zhū Hòu zhàoZhu Houzhao, personal name of tenth Ming emperor 正德
• 朱古力zhū gǔ lìchocolate (loanword)
• 朱庇特Zhū bì tèJupiter (Roman god)
• 朱由校Zhū Yóu xiàopersonal name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天启
• 朱立伦Zhū Lì lúnEric Chu (1961-), Taiwanese KMT politician
• 朱红灯Zhū Hóng dēngZhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
• 朱迪亚Zhū dí yàJudea
• 朱俊Zhū JùnZhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han

Words containing 朱

• 马朱罗Mǎ zhū luóMajuro, capital of Marshall Islands
• 近朱近墨jìn zhū jìn mòone is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)
• 杨朱Yáng ZhūYang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism
• 北朱雀běi zhū què(bird species of China) Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
• 大朱雀dà zhū què(bird species of China) great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
• 棕朱雀zōng zhū què(bird species of China) dark-rumped rosefinch (Carpodacus edwardsii)
• 赤朱雀chì zhū què(bird species of China) Blanford's rosefinch (Agraphospiza rubescens)
• 拟大朱雀nǐ dà zhū què(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
• 普通朱雀pǔ tōng zhū què(bird species of China) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
• 暗胸朱雀àn xiōng zhū què(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
• 沙色朱雀shā sè zhū què(bird species of China) pale rosefinch (Carpodacus stoliczkae)
• 红眉朱雀hóng méi zhū què(bird species of China) Chinese beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus davidianus)
• 红胸朱雀hóng xiōng zhū què(bird species of China) red-fronted rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus)
• 红腰朱雀hóng yāo zhū què(bird species of China) red-mantled rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
• 酒红朱雀jiǔ hóng zhū què(bird species of China) vinaceous rosefinch (Carpodacus vinaceus)
• 长尾朱雀cháng wěi zhū què(bird species of China) long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
• 极北朱顶雀jí běi zhū dǐng què(bird species of China) Arctic redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
• 玫红眉朱雀méi hóng méi zhū què(bird species of China) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa)
• 白腰朱顶雀bái yāo zhū dǐng què(bird species of China) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
• 赤胸朱顶雀chì xiōng zhū dǐng què(bird species of China) common linnet (Linaria cannabina)
• 黄嘴朱顶雀huáng zuǐ zhū dǐng què(bird species of China) twite (Linaria flavirostris)
• 中国白眉朱雀Zhōng guó bái méi zhū què(bird species of China) Chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
• 喜山白眉朱雀xǐ shān bái méi zhū què(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
• 喜山红眉朱雀xǐ shān hóng méi zhū què(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)

Characters that look like 朱

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 来láito come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb)…
• 未wèinot yet; did not; have not
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 米mǐuncooked rice; meter (unit of length); (slang) Chinese yuan
• 束shùto bind; bunch; bundle
• 龟guītortoise; turtle; (colloquial) cuckold

Sounds the same

Read zhū, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 猪hog; pig; swine
• 诸all; various
• 珠bead; pearl
• 株tree trunk; stump (tree root); a plant
• 诛to put (a criminal) to death; to punish
• 茱used in 茱萸
• 铢twenty-fourth part of a tael (2 or 3 grams)
• 蛛(bound form) spider
• 洙name of a river
• 槠Quercus glanca
• 侏dwarf
• 潴pool; pond