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vermilion
HSK 7-9
(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
Zhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach
(bird species of China) Chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
(archaic) red silk ribbon tied to a seal or a jade pendant / red knee cover, part of an official's robes (also a synedoche for the attire of an official) / to be an official
Zhu Qizhen, personal name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正統|正统, afterwards Tianshun Emperor 天順|天顺 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449 and 1457-1464
ibis / Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) / same as 朱䴉|朱鹮
Zhu Houzhao, personal name of tenth Ming emperor 正德 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521
(ancient Chinese astronomy) Zhuque, the Vermilion Bird (the southern quadrant of the sky) / (Daoism) the guardian deity of the south
rosefinch (genus Carpodacus)
short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
Zhu Yuanwen, personal name of second Ming Emperor Jianwen 建文
chocolate (loanword) / CL: 塊|块
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朱* | 朱* | *朱
surname Zhu
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朱* | 朱* | *朱
vermilion
Jupiter (Roman god)
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
(bird species of China) Sharpe's rosefinch (Carpodacus verreauxii)
cinnabar / mercuric sulfide HgS
Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of marriage
Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使|节度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923), also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang 後梁太祖|后梁太祖
Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
Majuro, capital of Marshall Islands
(bird species of China) crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
(bird species of China) maroon oriole (Oriolus traillii)
Giuliani (name) / Rudolph W (Rudy) Giuliani (1944-), US Republican politician, Mayor of New York City 1994-2001
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  *硃* | 硃* | *硃
(bound form) cinnabar
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
Judea
cinnabar / mercuric sulfide HgS / also written 硃砂|朱砂
brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc)
(traditional) red paint / red lacquer
(idiom) Zhu Yun breaks the railing (Zhu Yun was a Han Dynasty official who accused the emperor's tutor of corruption, and when sentenced to death, clung to the palace hall railing so fiercely while demanding justice that he broke it); (fig.) to speak the truth with unwavering courage; to admonish fearlessly / also pr. [zhu1yun2-she2jian4]
one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)
Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹
Zhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han
Eric Chu (1961-), Taiwanese KMT politician
Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism
Julian or Julien (name)
(bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
Romeo and Juliet, 1594 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
Zhu Zhanji, personal name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德
(bird species of China) common linnet (Linaria cannabina)
Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙
(bird species of China) Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948), poet and essayist
(bird species of China) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
(bird species of China) dark-rumped rosefinch (Carpodacus edwardsii)
(bird species of China) Blanford's rosefinch (Agraphospiza rubescens)
(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
(bird species of China) great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
(bird species of China) pink-rumped rosefinch (Carpodacus waltoni)
Julia (name)
common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
personal name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天啟|明天启 (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627
Zhu Qiyu, personal name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457
red lead oxide Pb3O4 / rouge and white lead / cosmetics
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
Julia (name)
(bird species of China) Przevalski's finch (Urocynchramus pylzowi)
Julia (name)
Juliet or Juliette (name)
(bird species of China) pale rosefinch (Carpodacus stoliczkae)
white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
(bird species of China) Chinese beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus davidianus)
(bird species of China) red-fronted rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus)
(bird species of China) red-mantled rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
(bird species of China) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa)
(bird species of China) twite (Linaria flavirostris)
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
(bird species of China) spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus)
(bird species of China) three-banded rosefinch (Carpodacus trifasciatus)
(bird species of China) Arctic redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
(bird species of China) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
(bird species of China) Taiwan rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus)
(bird species of China) vinaceous rosefinch (Carpodacus vinaceus)
(bird species of China) long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)


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