丹朱

Chinese

		red; pellet; powder red; pellet; powder; cinnabar	surname; vermilion
simp. and trad. (丹朱)		丹	朱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): dānzhū

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄢ ㄓㄨ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ zyu¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dānzhū
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄢ ㄓㄨ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: danjhu
    • Wade–Giles: tan¹-chu¹
    • Yale: dān-jū
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: danju
    • Palladius: даньчжу (danʹčžu)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tän⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂu⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daan¹ zyu¹
    • Yale: dāan jyū
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daan¹ dzy¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: dan¹ ju¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːn⁵⁵ t͡syː⁵⁵/

Noun

丹朱

1. cinnabar
2. vermilion

Proper noun

丹朱

1. (Chinese mythology) Danzhu

Japanese

Kanji in this term
丹	朱
たん Grade: S	しゅ Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

From tan (丹, cinnabar red, vermilion, red) + shu (朱, vermilion, red).

Noun

丹(たん)朱(しゅ) • (tanshu) 

1. cinnabar
2. vermilion

References

• Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN