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Translingual
Han character
呪 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口口竹山 (RRHU), composition ⿰口兄)
- pray for haplessness or curses (upon another)
- curse, hex, damn(ing)
- spell, enchantment, ensorcellment
- incantation, mantra, chant
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 182, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3443
- Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 2
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 601, character 3
- Unihan data for U+546A
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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祝
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*tjuɡs, *tjuɡ
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呪
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*tjus
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咒
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*tjus
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柷
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*tjuɡ, *tʰjuɡ
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Definitions
Japanese
Kanji
呪
(Jōyō kanji)
- charm, curse
Readings
- Go-on: しゅ (shu)←しゆ (syu, historical)
- Kan-on: しゅう (shū)←しう (siu, historical)
- Kan’yō-on: じゅ (ju, Jōyō)←じゆ (zyu, historical)
- Kun: かしる (kashiru, 呪る)、しゅす (shusu, 呪す)、じゅす (jusu, 呪す)、のろう (norou, 呪う, Jōyō)、のろわしい (norowashii, 呪わしい)、のろい (noroi, 呪い)、ほさく (hosaku, 呪く)、まじなう (majinau, 呪う)
Compounds
Korean
Etymology
From Middle Chinese 呪 (MC tsyuwH). Recorded as Middle Korean 츅〮 (chyúk) (Yale: chyuk) in Hunmong Jahoe (訓蒙字會 / 훈몽자회), 1527.
Hanja
Wikisource
呪 (eumhun 빌 주 (bil ju))
- hanja form? of 주 (“charm; curse”)
Compounds
References
- 국제퇴계학회 대구경북지부 (國際退溪學會 大邱慶北支部) (2007). Digital Hanja Dictionary, 전자사전/電子字典.
Vietnamese
Han character
呪: Hán Nôm readings: huếnh; chú
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