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
cow head
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)
especially
pearl
???
stocks
death penalty
river ginger tree
actor
measuring unit, 1/16 of a ryou
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
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.