Word Meaning 朱に交われば赤くなる

しゅにまじわればあかくなる shu ni majiwarebaakakunaru

朱に交われば赤くなる is read as しゅにまじわればあかくなる (shu ni majiwarebaakakunaru) and means people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

しゅにまじわればあかくなる

Romaji

shu ni majiwarebaakakunaru

Stroke Sequence

10 Characters • 37 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Proverb ✓ Rank 115592 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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朱を入れる

しゅをいれる

to retouch

朱印

しゅいん

red seal

朱

あけ

red

朱

あか

Red (i.e. communist)

朱子学

しゅしがく

neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)

朱文金

しゅぶんきん

Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety

朱点童子

しゅてんどうじ

Shuten-dōji

朱印船貿易

しゅいんせんぼうえき

foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)

朱子

しゅす

satin

朱印状

しゅいんじょう

license with a red seal (licence)

織交ぜる

おりまぜる

to weave together

織り交ざる

おりまざる

to interlace

Example Sentences

朱に交われば赤くなる。

He who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith.