朱氏图腾释义

【释义】朱的原义是树，因树心呈红色，称为“赤心木”，属松柏一类。甲骨文、金文中在木的中心加一圆点，表明此事。

【起源】古帝颛顼的玄孙陆终有六个儿子，第五子名安，为曹姓。西周初，安的裔孙挟被封于邾，建立邾国，附庸于鲁。邾国建都于今山东曲阜东南南陬村，公元前614年邾文公迁都于绎（今山东邹县东南纪王城），至战国中叶为楚所灭，子孙以国为氏，后又去邑为朱氏。

得姓始祖：朱襄氏、朱兴镜、朱振

始 祖 地：河南柘城、山东邹县

郡望堂号：吴郡、沛郡、河南；白鹿堂

当今排序／人口：第14位／约1700万

宋版百家姓排序：第17位

现存家谱：986部 

Explanation of the Zhu Clan Totem

Meaning

The original meaning of Zhu (朱) is tree.

Because the heartwood of certain trees is red, these were called “red‑heart wood”, belonging to the pine‑cypress family.

In oracle‑bone and bronze inscriptions, a dot is placed at the center of the 木 (wood) radical to indicate this distinctive red core.

Origin

The ancient emperor Zhuanxu had a great‑grandson named Luzhong, who had six sons.

The fifth son, An, bore the Cao surname.

In the early Western Zhou period, An’s descendant Xie was enfeoffed in Zhu, where he established the State of Zhu, a vassal state under the State of Lu.

• The capital of Zhu was located at Nanzou Village, southeast of present‑day Qufu, Shandong.

• In 614 BCE, Duke Wen of Zhu moved the capital to Yi (modern Zouxian, Shandong).

• By the mid‑Warring States period, Zhu was conquered by the State of Chu.

The descendants of the former ruling house adopted Zhu as their surname, taking the name of their state.

Later, the place‑name component 邾 was simplified to 朱, forming the modern surname.

Ancestral Founders of the Surname

• Zhu Xiangshi

• Zhu Xingjing

• Zhu Zhen

Ancestral Homelands

• Zhecheng, Henan

• Zouxian, Shandong

Prominent Clans / Halls

• Wu Commandery, Pei Commandery, Henan

• White Deer Hall

Modern Ranking / Population

• 14th most common surname in China

• Approximately 17 million people

Ranking in the Song Dynasty’s Hundred Family Surnames

• 17th

Existing Genealogies

• 986 volumes