Word Meaning 朱引

しゅびき shubiki

朱引 is read as しゅびき (shubiki) and means drawing red lines.

Meaning

English

drawing red lines
red lines marking nouns in kanbun texts
red lines on maps marking town limits (Edo period)

Reading

Kana

しゅびき

Romaji

shubiki

Writing Variants

朱引き しゅびき shubiki

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 10 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 124093 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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)

朱を入れる

しゅをいれる

to retouch

索引

さくいん

index (in a book)