Read Edit View history Discussion 硃 zhū a red mole Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Cinnabar 朱 ore 石; 朱 also provides the pronunciation Pinyin Separate values with commas zhū × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 朱 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 硃 Simp strokes 硃 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 硃 Simp strokes 硃 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 硃 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 143, 648 ], [ 197, 645 ], [ 342, 691 ], [ 392, 691 ] ], [ [ 214, 616 ], [ 245, 592 ], [ 239, 556 ], [ 196, 443 ], [ 135, 336 ], [ 40, 229 ] ], [ [ 145, 433 ], 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628 L 599 584 Q 599 509 598 486 L 596 380 Q 592 172 576 95 Q 555 26 577 -22 Q 578 -29 583 -38 Q 590 -56 598 -59 Q 605 -66 612 -57 Q 619 -53 630 -32 Q 640 -7 638 25 Q 637 68 638 362 L 638 403 Z", "M 572 447 Q 502 288 291 123 Q 279 110 288 109 Q 297 105 309 110 Q 441 165 563 333 Q 569 345 596 380 C 657 460 587 480 572 447 Z", "M 638 362 Q 791 173 830 159 Q 906 147 989 158 Q 1007 159 1009 164 Q 1010 171 997 177 Q 951 198 896 219 Q 773 268 647 395 Q 641 399 638 403 C 616 423 619 385 638 362 Z" ] } 11 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources No sources. 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