Memory phrase for the character: 朱

朱

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Meaning cinnabar, vermilion

Pronunciation

zhū

Explanation

Top: accent or emphasis ノ, rest: not yet, unfinished 未 (The upper shorter branch 一 of the tree 木 is "not yet".)

Mnemonic
 
At the upper branch of the tree is sth. vermilion. (an apple?)

Radicals

朱 vermilion
未 unripe, not yetThe upper branch of the tree is shorter, thus 'not yet' or immature.
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 Vocabulary

罪孽 zuì niè  
朱丽叶 Zhū lì yè  Juliet or Juliette (name)
朱丽叶 Zhū lì yè  
皓齿朱唇 hào chǐ zhū chún  white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman
皓齿朱唇 hào chǐ zhū chún  

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