Word Meaning 朱色

しゅいろ shuiro

朱色 is read as しゅいろ (shuiro) and means vermilion (colour).

Meaning

English

vermilion (colour)
cinnabar

Reading

Kana

しゅいろ

Romaji

shuiro

Writing Variants

朱色しゅしょく shushoku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 138988 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

旗色

きしょく

situation

Example Sentences

彼女は朱色の着物を着ていた。

かのじょはしゅいろのきものをきていた。

She was wearing a scarlet kimono.

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