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Keyword
deep red
Info
FrequencyTop 1400-1500
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel 4
Heisig235
Readings
しゅ
(69%)
す
(16%)
あけ
(7%)
あか
(5%)
Composed of
𠂉
cow head
木
tree
Mnemonic

Someone forced a cow's head into that tree, and it dyed its bark deep red from all of the blood...

Used in kanji (8 in total)
殊
especially
珠
pearl
蛛
???
株
stocks
4 more...
Used in vocabulary (73 in total)
vermillion (colour); cinnabar; vermillion (pigment); cinnabar ink stick; correction written in red ink
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
to welter in blood; to be covered in blood; to turn red
70 more...
Examples (7 in total)
That vermillion star was gradually increasing in brightness and size.
The manuscript had the teacher's corrections in red ink.
It is a white flower tinged with a faint vermillion.
I went over my exam paper with its red-ink corrections.
Neo-Confucianism holds that all things are made of ri (principle) and ki (vital force).
In Neo-Confucianism, ri is regarded as the root of all things.
Maria's face was tinged with a slight vermillion.