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呪

spell
Stroke count: 8

Readings

On readingジュ、シュ、シュウ、ズ
Kun readingまじな.う、のろ.い、まじな.い、のろ.う
JōyōGrade 8KANJIDIC

Verbs with «呪»

呪う

Meanings

  1. spell
    全人類の罪のために俺達は呪われる。For all man's sins damned we shall be.tatoeba
    呪文が解けて豚は人間になった。The spell was broken and the pig turned into a man.tatoeba
  2. curseRtK
    呪いはひな鳥のようにねぐらに戻ってくる。Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.tatoeba
  3. charm
  4. malediction
  1. dharani
  2. mantra

Radicals and components

Radical口mouth囗variant
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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mouth (口) · elder brother · teenager · mouth (口) · human legs (儿)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 108

Compound words

呪いのろい
curse; spell; malediction
呪うのろう
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
呪禁じゅごん
vanquishing monsters, spirits, etc. with charms
呪術じゅじゅつ
magic
呪縛じゅばく
spell (that restricts one's movements)
呪物じゅぶつ
fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers)
呪文じゅもん
spell
呪咀じゅそ
curse
呪詛じゅそ
curse
詛呪そじゅ
curse
お呪いおまじない
charm
御呪いおまじない
charm

Additional Examples

呪術は未開社会においては重要な役割をもつ。
Magic plays an important part in primitive society.tatoeba

Stroke Order

8 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 呪

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step