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vermilion
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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朱* | 朱* | *朱
surname Zhu
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  *朱* | 朱* | *朱
vermilion
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朱* | 朱* | *朱
(bound form) cinnabar
Juliet or Juliette (name)
Romeo and Juliet, 1594 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亞|莎士比亚
Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948), poet and essayist
(bird species of China) Himalayan white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus thura)
Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永樂|永乐
(ancient Chinese astronomy) Zhuque, the Vermilion Bird (the southern quadrant of the sky) / (Daoism) the guardian deity of the south
rosefinch (genus Carpodacus)
Zhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach
Julian or Julien (name)
cinnabar / mercuric sulfide HgS / also written 硃砂|朱砂
cinnabar / mercuric sulfide HgS
Julia (name)
Juneau, capital of Alaska / Juno, Roman goddess of marriage
chocolate (loanword) / CL: 塊|块
Zhu Zhanji, personal name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德
brush dipped in red ink (used in former times for writing official documents, grading papers etc)
Giuliani (name) / Rudolph W (Rudy) Giuliani (1944-), US Republican politician, Mayor of New York City 1994-2001
Julia (name)
(traditional) red paint / red lacquer
those who handle cinnabar are stained red; those who work with ink are stained black (idiom) / you are the product of your environment
Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙
Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism
Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武
Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹
Eric Chu (1961-), Taiwanese KMT politician
Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army
Zhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han
white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
(bird species of China) crested ibis (Nipponia nippon)
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
Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer and actor
(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
ibis / Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) / same as 朱䴉|朱鹮
Zhu Qiyu, personal name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457
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
Zhu Houzhao, personal name of tenth Ming emperor 正德 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521
Majuro, capital of Marshall Islands
Jupiter (Roman god)
(bird species of China) great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla)
(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]
(bird species of China) pink-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa)
(bird species of China) streaked rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilloides)
(bird species of China) dark-breasted rosefinch (Procarduelis nipalensis)
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
red lead oxide Pb3O4 / rouge and white lead / cosmetics
(bird species of China) scarlet-backed flowerpecker (Dicaeum cruentatum)
(bird species of China) red-fronted rosefinch (Carpodacus puniceus)
(bird species of China) common linnet (Linaria cannabina)
(bird species of China) Chinese white-browed rosefinch (Carpodacus dubius)
(bird species of China) Pallas's rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus)
(bird species of China) Himalayan beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus pulcherrimus)
(bird species of China) spot-winged rosefinch (Carpodacus rodopeplus)
(bird species of China) three-banded rosefinch (Carpodacus trifasciatus)
(bird species of China) common rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus)
(bird species of China) pink-rumped rosefinch (Carpodacus waltoni)
Zhu Yuanwen, personal name of second Ming Emperor Jianwen 建文
Julia (name)
common erroneous form of 朱鎔基|朱镕基, Zhu Rongji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003
Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion
Judea
(bird species of China) Przevalski's finch (Urocynchramus pylzowi)
(bird species of China) maroon oriole (Oriolus traillii)
(bird species of China) dark-rumped rosefinch (Carpodacus edwardsii)
Yang Zhu (c. 440-360 BC), Chinese philosopher advocating ethical egoism
(bird species of China) Arctic redpoll (Acanthis hornemanni)
(bird species of China) pale rosefinch (Carpodacus stoliczkae)
(bird species of China) Sharpe's rosefinch (Carpodacus verreauxii)
(bird species of China) common redpoll (Acanthis flammea)
short-stem Ardisia (Ardisia brevicaulis)
(bird species of China) Chinese beautiful rosefinch (Carpodacus davidianus)
(bird species of China) red-mantled rosefinch (Carpodacus rhodochlamys)
(bird species of China) Taiwan rosefinch (Carpodacus formosanus)
(bird species of China) Blanford's rosefinch (Agraphospiza rubescens)
one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom)
(bird species of China) vinaceous rosefinch (Carpodacus vinaceus)
(bird species of China) long-tailed rosefinch (Carpodacus sibiricus)
(bird species of China) twite (Linaria flavirostris)


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