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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Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 呪 – see 咒. (This character, 呪, is a variant form of 咒.)

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Japanese

Kanji

呪

(common “Jōyō” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 咒)

1. charm, curse

Readings

• Goon: しゅ (shu)
• Kan’on: しゅう (shū)
• Kan’yōon: じゅ (ju)
• 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)

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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Vietnamese

Han character

呪 (huếnh)

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