Word Meaning 朱肉

しゅにく shuniku

朱肉 is read as しゅにく (shuniku) and means thick red ink (used for signature seals).

Meaning

English

thick red ink (used for signature seals)
red ink pad
vermillion ink
cinnabar ink

Reading

Kana

しゅにく

Romaji

shuniku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 138989 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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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

豚肉

とんにく

pork

Example Sentences

この判子には朱肉が必要です。

このはんこにはしゅにくがひつようです。

This seal needs red stamp paste.

朱肉をお借りしてもよろしいですか。

May I use your ink pad?