■ radical

zhū

cinnabar

How it’s built

Based on the original meaning "tree trunk", now written as 株. Derivative of 木 (tree). The current meaning is a phonetic loan.

iconic

wood; tree

Through the ages

Bronze script

Seal script

Appears in

Characters that use 朱 as a component, most common first.

殊shūdifferent 珠zhūgem 叔shūuncle 株zhūroot 蛛zhūspider 诛zhūto execute 铢zhūa unit of weight 侏zhūsmall 茱zhūdogwood 洙zhūa river in Shandong province 誅zhūto execute 銖zhūa unit of weight

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