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朱砂

zhū shā

2-character word

What 朱砂 means

1. cinnabar
2. mercuric sulfide HgS
3. also written {朱砂|zhū shā}

Other readings

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

• zhū shācinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS

The characters in 朱砂

• 朱zhūvermilion
• 砂shāsand; gravel; granule

Words containing 朱砂

• 矮茎朱砂根ǎi jīng zhū shā gēnshort-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)

Sounds the same

Read zhū shā, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 诛杀to kill; to murder

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• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read zhū shā correctly.
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