Word Meaning 朱引き

しゅびき shubiki

朱引き 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

朱引しゅびき shubiki

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 125968 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)

朱印状

しゅいんじょう

license with a red seal (licence)

駆け引き

かけひき

(tactical) advance or retreat of troops

綱引き

つなひき

forward puller (of a rickshaw)

小松引き

こまつひき

collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first day of the Rat in the New Year)

岡引き

おかひき

hired thief taker (Edo period)