呪 — kanji meaning “spell”
呪
spell, curse, charm, malediction
- Meanings
- spell, curse, charm, malediction
- On'yomi
- ジュ (ju)、シュ (shu)、シュウ (shuu)、ズ (zu)
- Kun'yomi
- まじな.う、のろ.い、まじな.い、のろ.う
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- 8
- Newspaper frequency
- #2131 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 30
- Chinese reading
- zhòu
Words with 呪
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 呪文 | じゅもん jumon | spell; charm; incantation |
| 呪い | のろい noroi | curse; spell; malediction |
| 呪術 | じゅじゅつ jujutsu | magic; sorcery; incantation |
| 呪縛 | じゅばく jubaku | spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell |
| 呪い | まじない majinai | charm; incantation; spell |
| 呪う | のろう norou | to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely |
| 呪う | まじなう majinau | to pray that one avoids disaster or illness |
| 呪詛 | じゅそ juso | curse; malediction; hex |
| 呪符 | じゅふ jufu | amulet; charm |
| 呪力 | じゅりょく juryoku | magical power; mystical force |
| 呪法 | じゅほう juhou | esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted |
| 呪物 | じゅぶつ jubutsu | fetish (object believed to have supernatural powers) |
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