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Translingual
Han character
咒 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口口竹弓 (RRHN), four-corner 66217, composition ⿱吅几)
Derived characters
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 185, character 21
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3444
- Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 3
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 277, character 18
- Unihan data for U+5492
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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Etymology
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Pronunciation
Zhengzhang system (2003)
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Character
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咒
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Reading #
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1/1
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No.
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17652
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Phonetic component
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祝
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Rime group
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幽
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Rime subdivision
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1
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Corresponding MC rime
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呪
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Old Chinese
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/*tjus/
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Notes
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同呪
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Definitions
咒
- religious incantation or mantra; spell
- curse; malediction
- to curse; to damn
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
咒
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 呪)
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Readings
Korean
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Hanja
Wikisource
咒 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
咒: Hán Nôm readings: chú
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