Read Edit View history 呪 zhòu curse Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Variant of 咒. Derived from 祝, with the 礻 (show) component being replaced by 口 (mouth) component when the meaning extended to "curse". Depicts a kneeling person (卩) opening their mouth (口) to pray for disaster to happen on someone. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhòu × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 呪 Simp strokes 呪 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a mouth open to pray. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 呪 Simp strokes 呪 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a person kneeling. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 呪 Simp strokes 呪 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 呪 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 118, 561 ], [ 149, 534 ], [ 155, 515 ], [ 192, 300 ] ], [ [ 182, 554 ], [ 194, 548 ], [ 313, 585 ], [ 340, 569 ], [ 349, 559 ], [ 327, 439 ], [ 304, 428 ] ], [ [ 211, 356 ], [ 228, 374 ], [ 293, 392 ], [ 342, 396 ], [ 365, 390 ] ], [ [ 422, 642 ], [ 443, 626 ], [ 459, 601 ], [ 499, 431 ] ], [ [ 471, 644 ], [ 495, 631 ], [ 675, 671 ], [ 700, 666 ], [ 729, 637 ], [ 696, 530 ], [ 671, 514 ] ], [ [ 519, 449 ], [ 531, 462 ], [ 662, 486 ], [ 706, 486 ], [ 726, 480 ] ], [ [ 487, 382 ], [ 510, 351 ], [ 490, 276 ], [ 456, 208 ], [ 417, 156 ], [ 381, 120 ], [ 318, 75 ] ], [ [ 589, 450 ], [ 620, 423 ], [ 608, 261 ], [ 615, 158 ], [ 631, 116 ], [ 657, 90 ], [ 711, 71 ], [ 771, 65 ], [ 838, 73 ], [ 884, 97 ], [ 897, 111 ], [ 904, 276 ] ] ], 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452 649 428 652 Q 416 655 413 649 Q 407 643 416 627 Q 446 570 466 477 Q 470 449 487 431 Q 506 409 511 426 Q 512 433 513 443 L 511 476 Q 498 530 484 615 C 480 639 480 639 462 645 Z", "M 715 501 Q 742 595 775 621 Q 793 640 777 658 Q 761 671 707 696 Q 689 703 667 695 Q 586 662 462 645 C 432 641 455 609 484 615 Q 667 652 677 644 L 678 643 Q 688 634 686 614 Q 677 556 664 508 C 656 479 706 472 715 501 Z", "M 623 459 Q 665 465 724 470 Q 734 471 736 480 Q 736 487 715 501 L 664 508 Q 661 509 659 508 Q 577 487 511 476 C 481 471 483 439 513 443 L 581 453 L 623 459 Z", "M 474 378 Q 490 285 403 173 Q 402 172 400 169 Q 376 138 315 80 Q 308 73 314 71 Q 345 65 416 129 Q 485 187 528 307 Q 535 328 547 347 Q 554 356 548 365 Q 541 374 513 388 Q 492 398 484 395 Q 472 391 474 378 Z", "M 943 122 Q 928 156 912 261 Q 912 277 905 282 Q 899 285 895 268 Q 870 157 850 123 Q 826 93 736 98 Q 660 107 643 144 Q 612 210 649 417 Q 653 441 623 459 C 600 478 571 481 581 453 Q 596 422 593 369 Q 575 117 629 74 Q 645 62 678 50 Q 826 2 936 81 Q 955 96 943 122 Z" ] } 8 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.