Read Edit View history 咒 zhòu curse Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint 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 咒 Simp strokes 咒 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咒 Simp strokes 咒 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Modern form looks like 几. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 咒 Simp strokes 咒 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 咒 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 200, 717 ], [ 230, 686 ], [ 268, 510 ] ], [ [ 254, 695 ], [ 276, 710 ], [ 338, 725 ], [ 378, 734 ], [ 395, 729 ], [ 419, 706 ], [ 396, 614 ], [ 372, 598 ] ], [ [ 282, 542 ], [ 302, 556 ], [ 363, 571 ], [ 424, 570 ] ], [ [ 535, 760 ], [ 561, 737 ], [ 565, 724 ], [ 593, 551 ] ], [ [ 594, 738 ], [ 616, 751 ], [ 710, 770 ], [ 741, 766 ], [ 760, 745 ], [ 755, 721 ], [ 738, 656 ], [ 713, 635 ] ], [ [ 611, 584 ], [ 621, 594 ], [ 701, 609 ], [ 763, 602 ] ], [ [ 328, 441 ], [ 352, 426 ], [ 365, 404 ], [ 348, 281 ], [ 329, 217 ], [ 301, 165 ], [ 257, 110 ], [ 217, 76 ], [ 161, 45 ] ], [ [ 398, 433 ], [ 412, 422 ], [ 546, 459 ], [ 565, 456 ], [ 585, 437 ], [ 552, 318 ], [ 544, 242 ], [ 548, 179 ], [ 560, 130 ], [ 580, 95 ], [ 611, 63 ], [ 637, 48 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256 688 C 253 711 253 711 246 714 Z", "M 417 586 Q 433 667 456 691 Q 478 716 455 730 Q 392 763 389 763 Q 379 763 371 757 Q 331 732 246 714 C 217 708 229 675 256 688 Q 260 694 345 710 Q 372 717 378 706 Q 385 700 379 666 Q 373 632 365 591 C 359 562 411 557 417 586 Z", "M 281 534 Q 312 544 423 561 Q 432 562 433 570 Q 433 577 417 586 C 393 600 393 600 365 591 Q 316 575 278 565 C 249 557 252 525 281 534 Z", "M 582 757 Q 572 763 542 769 Q 530 773 527 768 Q 520 762 528 747 Q 553 690 564 598 Q 565 570 581 552 Q 597 530 603 545 Q 607 557 607 576 L 605 606 Q 592 702 592 729 C 591 753 591 753 582 757 Z", "M 755 620 Q 774 704 797 728 Q 819 753 797 767 Q 778 779 751 796 Q 732 806 714 796 Q 683 777 582 757 C 553 751 562 724 592 729 Q 598 730 608 732 Q 651 741 688 748 Q 713 752 719 742 Q 726 736 720 704 Q 713 670 705 628 C 699 599 748 591 755 620 Z", "M 607 576 Q 611 576 617 577 Q 663 587 761 594 Q 771 595 772 602 Q 772 608 755 620 C 735 635 734 635 705 628 Q 648 615 605 606 C 576 600 577 574 607 576 Z", "M 387 434 Q 351 461 326 452 Q 313 448 320 434 Q 351 383 313 246 Q 274 135 183 72 Q 170 62 155 50 Q 143 41 155 39 Q 207 39 276 103 Q 348 163 374 285 Q 374 324 393 381 Q 396 393 402 404 C 409 419 409 419 387 434 Z", "M 402 404 Q 424 405 442 413 Q 532 443 542 433 Q 548 429 544 407 Q 514 263 523 186 Q 523 102 598 36 Q 659 -9 799 0 Q 881 6 947 42 Q 969 55 959 80 Q 931 161 933 250 Q 929 259 923 260 Q 919 260 912 246 Q 882 120 855 92 Q 792 56 664 73 Q 634 79 618 95 Q 584 122 573 186 Q 560 253 584 343 Q 599 397 629 425 Q 662 449 581 484 Q 554 494 538 484 Q 498 459 387 434 C 358 427 373 398 402 404 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.