朱 = 未 + 丶

朱 is a Japanese kanji written with 6 strokes, listed here under the keyword “vermilion”. It is built from 未 (not yet) and 丶 (dot). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 235. It appears as a component in 3 other characters in this index.

Keyword: vermilion
RTK frame: 235
Strokes: 6
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): シュ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): あけ
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: vermillion, вермилион
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 朱 cinnabar

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 朱

How to find 朱 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “not yet” + “dot”. 朱 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 朱 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.