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呪

呪: curse

curse; spell
8 strokesSecondary · Stage 3 (about 準2級)in 41 words here

Readings

On
ジュ・シュ・シュウ・ズ
Kun
まじなう・のろい・まじない・のろう

呪う(のろう) "curse"; 呪い(のろい) "curse". じゅ in 呪文(じゅもん) "spell", 呪縛(じゅばく) "spell; bondage", 呪術(じゅじゅつ) "magic".

Stroke order · 8 strokes

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Key words

呪文じゅもんspell; incantation
呪いのろいcurse
呪うのろうto curse
呪縛じゅばくspell; bondage
呪術じゅじゅつmagic; sorcery

Example sentences

When the wizard chanted a spell in a low voice, the door slowly opened.

Cursed by a witch, the prince kept sleeping for a hundred years.

He could not easily break free from the hold of his past failures.

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