茱 = 艹 + 朱

茱 is a Chinese hanzi, listed here under the keyword “dogwood”. It is built from 艹 (grass) and 朱 (cinnabar).

Keyword: dogwood
Pinyin (Mandarin): zhū
Script: Chinese hanzi
Also known as: собачий лес

Decomposition

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艹 grass
朱 cinnabar

How to find 茱 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “grass” + “cinnabar”. 茱 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 茱 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.