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zhū
  1. 1.vermilion
zhū
  1. 1.(bound form) cinnabar
Zhū
  1. 1.surname Zhu

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.cinnabar; vermilion
  2. 2.bright red
  3. 3.one
  4. 4.a surname
  5. 5.only used in 朱提 (Shūshí)

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Etymology

Ideogram (指事): a tree (木) with its center highlighted with an extra dot-like stroke, accentuating the tree's core; contrast 本, 末. Compare Proto-Vietic *tɔh (“red”) (Schuessler, 2007). 赭 (OC *tjaːʔ, “red paint”) may be related.

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