呪

Information about character(s)

Radical: 口
Radical Strokes: 3
Additional Strokes: 5
Total Strokes: 8
Variants: 詋咒

Pronunciation

Pinyin: zhòu
Cantonese: zau2
JapaneseKun: NOROU NOROI
JapaneseOn: JU SHUU
Korean: CWU

Dictionary definitions

Unicode: curse, damn, incantation

CE-Dict: variant of 咒[zhou4]

康熙字典文字版 【丑集上】【口字部】呪
【廣韻】【集韻】【韻會】【正韻】𠀤職救切，音䯾。【廣韻】呪詛也。【戰國策】許綰爲我呪。【後漢·王忳傳】忳呪曰：有何枉狀。【關尹子·七釜篇】有誦呪者。　又【集韻】通作祝。【書·無逸】民否，則厥心違怨否，則厥口詛祝。【詩·大雅】侯作侯祝。【周禮·春官】有詛祝。　【集韻】或作詶，亦作詋。

Buddhism words and phrases (term) mantra
(term) dhārani