(しゅ) (n) (1) cinnabar; vermillion; red; slightly-orange red; (2) red pigment (and ink made from same); (3) red text (as used to correct documents) [EDICT]
(あか) (n) (1) red; crimson; scarlet; (2) red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); (3) (col) (often written as アカ) Red (i.e. communist); (4) (abbr) (See 赤信号) red light; (5) (abbr) (See 赤字・1,赤字・2) red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red; (adj-no,n-pref) (6) (See 赤の他人) complete; total; perfect; obvious [EDICT]
(zhū, ㄓㄨ) vermilion; surname Zhu [CE-DICT]
(zhū, ㄓㄨ) vermilion [CE-DICT]
先
(せん) (adj-no,n) (1) former; previous; old; (n) (2) first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move [EDICT]
(さき) (n,adj-no,n-suf,pref) (1) previous; prior; former; some time ago; preceding; (2) point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle; (3) head (of a line); front; (4) ahead; the other side; (5) the future; hereafter; (6) destination; (7) the other party; (P) [EDICT]
(xiān, ㄒㄧㄢ) early; prior; former; in advance; first [CE-DICT]
