丹朱

Chinese

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

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dānzhū

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄢㄓㄨ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daan¹ zyu¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: dānzhū
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄢㄓㄨ
  - 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

Proper noun

丹朱

(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)

References

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