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朱 vermilion

(rifle) + 木 (tree)
★☆☆☆☆
6 strokes
SIDEKICK
Along with 紅 , this is one of 2 color words for colors that don't exist in English. 'Vermillion' is just an approximation.
WHY BOTHER? It turns out that you need this to make the kanji for "stocks","stock market," and "corporation."

Onyomi

SHU

I Saw Her Underpants! and they had a vermilion stain on them.

Mnemonic

Shoot a rifle at a tree and it bleeds vermilion sap.

Jukugo

朱色(しゅいろ)

vermilion ★☆☆☆☆ KUN ON
朱 (vermilion) + 色 (color) = 朱色 (vermilion)

Lookalikes

Meaning Hint Radical
朱 vermilion PENIS ON THE BOTTOM
失 miss out on HEAD but NO PENIS
矢 arrow NO HEAD

Vermillion has a dick between its legs (think of the bright red veins in a dick). Arrow and Miss don't have anything down there.

HOW TO TELL ARROW AND MISS APART: "失" has a little line sticking up at the top, which we'll call a HEAD. 矢has no head.

So you can say, "I MISS getting HEAD from your uncle ever since he got BEHEADED BY AN ARROW."

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