The kanji 呪: meaning, readings and stroke order

呪

Meaning: curse, spell
On reading: ジュ ju
Kun reading: のろ（う） norou
Strokes: 8
Radical: 口 mouth, opening
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: nguyền rủa, thần chú (chú)
Japanese: のろう。まじない。
Korean: 저주하다, 주문 (주)
Chinese: 诅咒、咒语 (咒)

Readings, words and example sentences

ジュ ju · on reading · less common

呪じゅ文もん
spell, magic words
物語に 呪じゅ文もんが出てきます。
A magic spell appears in the story.

のろ（う） norou · kun reading · less common

呪のろう
to curse
だれも 呪のろいません。
I don't curse anyone.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.