Word Meaning 朱墨

しゅずみ shuzumi

朱墨 is read as しゅずみ (shuzumi) and means vermilion ink stick.

Meaning

English

  1. vermilion ink stick
  2. cinnabar ink stick

Reading

Kana

しゅずみ

Romaji

shuzumi

Writing Variants

  • 朱墨 しゅぼく shuboku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 146732 Priority X

Related Vocabulary

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朱印

しゅいん

red seal

あけ

red

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

朱に交われば赤くなる

しゅにまじわればあかくなる

people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them

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)

入れ墨

いれずみ

tattoo (esp. a traditional Japanese one)