呪

See also: 咒

Translingual

Han character

呪 (radical 30 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口口竹山 (RRHU), composition ⿰口兄)

1. pray for haplessness or curses (upon another)
2. curse, hex, damn(ing)
3. spell, enchantment, ensorcellment
4. incantation, mantra, chant

References

• KangXi: page 182, character 2
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3443
• Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 2
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 1, page 601, character 3
• Unihan data for U+546A

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Cantonese

Hanzi

呪 (Jyutping zau2, Yale jau2)

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Japanese

Kanji

呪

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

• On: じゅ (ju), しゅう (shū)
• Kun: かしる (呪る, kashiru), しゅす (呪す, shusu), じゅす (呪す, jusu), のろう (呪う, norou), のろい (呪い, noroi), のろわしい (呪わしい, norowashii), ほさく (呪く, hosaku), まじなう (呪う, majinau), まじない (呪い, majinai)

1. charm, curse

Compounds

• 呪法 (じゅほう, juhō): magic; (Buddhism) esoteric teachings
• 呪印 (じゅいん, juin): making a vow while closing a seal: a solemn oath
• 呪符 (じゅふ, jufu): written spells

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Korean

Hanja

呪 (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune-Reischauer chu, Yale cwu)

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Compounds

• 呪文 (주문 (jumun), jumun)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

Standard: 咒

呪 (Pinyin zhòu (zhou4), Wade-Giles chou⁴)

1. to curse, damn
2. incantation

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Vietnamese

Han character

呪 (huếnh)

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