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朱 means vermilion or cinnabar - a reddish or slightly orange-red color.
朱 is also a surname Zhu in Mandarin and Gee in Cantonese. However, choose carefully, as this is not the only Zhu/Gee surname.
朱龍 is a sophisticated or scholarly way to say “Red Dragon.” 朱龍 is the title you'd expect in ancient Chinese literature.
The first character means red, cinnabar, or vermillion.
The second character means dragon.
It is said that the Vermillion Dragon represents kings that bestow blessings on lakes or bodies of water. This makes more sense in an ancient Chinese context.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your vermillion search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
朱 see styles |
zhū zhu1 chu shu しゅ |
More info & calligraphy: Vermillion(1) vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange; (2) vermillion (pigment); (3) (See 朱墨) cinnabar ink stick; (4) correction written in red ink; (female given name) Beni Red, vermilion. |
丹塗 see styles |
ninuri にぬり |
(n,adj-no,vs) painting red; vermillion lacquering |
朱塗 see styles |
shunuri しゅぬり |
(n,adj-no,vs) painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object |
朱肉 see styles |
shuniku しゅにく |
thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink |
紅楼 see styles |
kourou / koro こうろう |
(1) family or brothel with a beautiful woman; (2) (orig. meaning) vermillion-lacquered mansion; (personal name) Kōrou |
赤墨 see styles |
akazumi あかずみ |
(See 朱墨) vermillion stick; red ink |
丹塗り see styles |
ninuri にぬり |
(n,adj-no,vs) painting red; vermillion lacquering |
朱塗り see styles |
shunuri しゅぬり |
(n,adj-no,vs) painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object |
Variations: |
karacha からちゃ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) tawny brown; dark vermillion |
Variations: |
ninuri にぬり |
(n,adj-no,vs) painting red; vermillion lacquering |
Variations: |
shunuri しゅぬり |
(n,adj-no,vs) painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object |
朱に交われば赤くなる see styles |
shunimajiwarebaakakunaru / shunimajiwarebakakunaru しゅにまじわればあかくなる |
(exp,v5r) (proverb) people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer; when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red |
Variations: |
akai あかい |
(adjective) (1) (紅い is esp. for scarlet) red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion; vermillion; (adjective) (2) Red; communist; (adjective) (3) (archaism) beautiful |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Vermillion | 朱 | shu | zhū / zhu1 / zhu | chu |
Red Dragon Vermillion Dragon | 朱龍 朱龙 | zhū lóng / zhu1 long2 / zhu long / zhulong | chu lung / chulung | |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
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The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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