| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 朱 | あけ, ひ | scarlet, red; blood |
| 朱印 | しゅいん | red seal |
| 朱 | あか | red, crimson, scarlet; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light; red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading), (in) the red; complete, total, perfect, obvious |
| 朱 | しゅ | cinnabar, vermillion, red, slightly-orange red; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents) |
| 朱い | あかい | red; Red (i.e. communist) |
| 朱をそそぐ | しゅをそそぐ | to flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face) |
| 朱欒 | ざぼん, ザボン | shaddock, pomelo, Citrus maximus, Citrus grandis, Citrus decumana |
| 朱印状 | しゅいんじょう | license with a red seal (licence), shogunate license to trade (licence) |
| 朱印船 | しゅいんせん | shogunate-licensed trading ship |
| 朱顔 | しゅがん | flushed face |
