漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
呪: spell, curse
Also: charm, malediction
N1 (our estimate)8 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
口 carries the meaning · 兄 is drawn in
8 strokes
Three readings, and the words that use each
ジュju · on'yomi · in compounds
- 呪術じゅじゅつmagic; sorcery; incantation
- 呪縛じゅばくspell (that restricts one's movements)
- 呪文じゅもんspell; charm; incantation
のろいnoroi · kun'yomi · on its own
- 呪いのろいcurse; spell; malediction
のろうnorou · kun'yomi
- 呪うのろうto curse; to put a curse on
Also read シュ, シュウ, ズ, まじなう, まじない, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Open your mouth wide and what do you see? A simple, sturdy square!”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
兄
Also built on elder brother (兄)
Also read ジュ
12 kanji share this on'yomiEasy to confuse
The difference, side by side呪 spell · 口
vs克 overcome · 古In ChineseSimplified 咒 · traditional, as in Japanese · zhòu
Japan keeps the traditional form 呪; mainland China simplifies it to 咒.
- Simplified
- 咒 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 呪 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin zhòu most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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