咒
zhòu

curse

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Derived from 祝, with the 礻 (show) component being replaced by 口 (mouth) component. Depicts a kneeling person (卩) opening their mouth (口) to pray for disaster to happen on someone.

Components

口
口 Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth
卩
卩 Iconic component
jié person kneeling

Modern form looks like 几.

Change in form
Due to historical stylistic changes, this component is less similar to 卩 than it was in ancient scripts.

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjus

Sources

Character origin
Chinese Language Stack Exchange漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang