| 朱 | zhū | cinnabar; see 朱砂; vermilion; surname Zhu |
| 朱熹 | Zhū Xī | Zhu Xi or Chu Hsi (1130-1200), also known as Master Zhu 朱子, Song dynasty Confucian writer and propagandist, founder of neo-Confucianism |
| 朱丽叶 | Zhū lì yè | Juliet or Juliette (name) |
| 朱元璋 | Zhū Yuán zhāng | Zhu Yuanzhang, personal name of first Ming dynasty emperor Hongwu 洪武 |
| 朱子 | Zhū zi | Master Zhu, another name for Zhu Xi 朱熹 |
| 朱砂 | zhū shā | cinnabar; mercuric sulfide HgS |
| 朱红 | zhū hóng | vermilion |
| 朱温 | Zhū Wēn | Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923); also called 后梁太祖 |
| 朱俊 | Zhū Jùn | Zhu Jun (-195), politician and general at the end of later Han |
| 朱允炆 | Zhū Yǔn wén | Zhu Yuanwen, personal name of second Ming Emperor Jianwen 建文 |
| 朱利亚尼 | Zhū lì yà ní | Giuliani (name); Rudolph W (Rudy) Giuliani (1944-), US Republican politician, Mayor of New York City 1994-2001 |
| 朱利娅 | Zhū lì yà | Julia (name) |
| 朱厚照 | Zhū Hòu zhào | Zhu Houzhao, personal name of tenth Ming emperor 正德 (1491-1521), reigned 1505-1521 |
| 朱古力 | zhū gǔ lì | chocolate (loanword); CL:块 |
| 朱孝天 | Zhū Xiào tiān | Ken Zhu (1979-), Taiwanese singer; actor |
| 朱容基 | Zhū Róng jī | common erroneous form of 朱镕基, Zhu Ronji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003 |
| 朱庇特 | Zhū bì tè | Jupiter (Roman god) |
| 朱广沪 | Zhū Guǎng hù | Zhu Guanghu (1949-), PRC soccer coach |
| 朱德 | Zhū Dé | Zhu De (1886-1976), communist leader and founder of the People's Liberation Army |
| 朱棣 | Zhū Dì | Zhu Di, personal name of third Ming Emperor Yongle 永乐 |
| 朱熔基 | Zhū Róng jī | common erroneous form of 朱镕基, Zhu Ronji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003 |
| 朱由校 | Zhū Yóu xiào | personal name of fifteenth Ming emperor Tianqi 明天启 (1605-1627), reigned 1620-1627 |
| 朱瞻基 | Zhū Zhān jī | Zhu Zhanji, personal name of fifth Ming emperor Xuande 宣德 |
| 朱祁钰 | Zhū Qí yù | Zhu Qiyu, personal name of seventh Ming emperor Jingtai 景泰 (1428-1457), reigned 1449-1457 |
| 朱祁镇 | Zhū Qí zhèn | Zhu Qizhen, personal name of sixth and eighth Ming emperor Zhengtong 正统, afterwards Tianshun Emperor 天顺 (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449 and 1457-1464 |
| 朱粉 | zhū fěn | red lead oxide Pb3O4 |
| 朱红灯 | Zhū Hóng dēng | Zhu Hongdeng, one of the leaders of the Boxer Rebellion |
| 朱自清 | Zhū Zì qīng | Zhu Ziqing (1898-1948), poet and essayist |
| 朱莉娅 | Zhū lì yà | Julia (name) |
| 朱诺 | Zhū nuò | Juneau, capital of Alaska; Juno, Roman goddess of marriage |
| 朱迪亚 | Zhū dí yà | Judea |
| 朱镕基 | Zhū Róng jī | Zhu Ronji (1928-), PRC politician, premier 1998-2003 |
| 朱雀 | Zhū què | Vermilion Bird (the seven mansions of the south sky) |
| 朱云折槛 | Zhū Yún zhē kǎn | Mr Zhu Yun breaks the railing (idiom); to challenge and admonish boldly |
| 朱高炽 | Zhū Gāo chì | Zhu Gaochi, personal name of fourth Ming emperor Hongxi 洪熙 |
| 朱鹭 | zhū lù | ibis; Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); same as 朱鹮 |
| 朱鹮 | zhū huán | ibis; toki or Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon) |
| 朱丽亚 | Zhū lì yà | Julia (name) |
| 皓齿朱唇 | hào chǐ zhū chún | white teeth and vermilion lips (idiom); lovely young woman |
| 罗密欧与朱丽叶 | Luó mì ōu yǔ Zhū lì yè | Romeo and Juliet, 1594 tragedy by William Shakespeare 莎士比亚 |
近朱者赤，
近墨者黑 | jìn zhū zhě chì ,
jìn mò zhě hēi | proximity to cinnabar makes you red, to pitch makes you black (idiom, from Ouyang Xiu 欧阳修); different environments provide different influence.; Nurture determines a person's character. |
| 近朱近墨 | jìn zhū jìn mò | one is judged by the company one keeps (idiom) |
