# 咒

| 咒 | U+5492, &#21650; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5492 |
| ← 咑 [U+5491] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 咓 → [U+5493] |

## Translingual
### Han character

咒 (Kangxi radical 30, 口+5, 8 strokes, cangjie input 口口竹弓 (RRHN), four-corner 6621$_7$, composition ⿱吅几)

#### Derived characters

* 𭡒

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 185, character 21
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 3444
* Dae Jaweon: page 401, character 3
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 277, character 18
* Unihan data for U+5492

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 祝 | *tjuɡs, *tjuɡ |
| 呪 | *tjus |
| 咒 | *tjus |
| 柷 | *tjuɡ, *tʰjuɡ |

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): zhòu (zhou$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄓㄡˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): zau$^3$
* Eastern Min (BUC): céu
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): ziu$^4$
* Southern Min
    (Hokkien, POJ): chiù
    (Teochew, Peng'im): ziu$^3$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: zhòu
*** Zhuyin: ㄓㄡˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: jhòu
*** Wade–Giles: chou$^4$
*** Yale: jòu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jow
*** Palladius: чжоу (čžou)
*** Sinological IPA : /ʈ͡ʂoʊ̯⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: zau$^3$
*** Yale: jau
*** Cantonese Pinyin: dzau$^3$
*** Guangdong Romanization: zeo$^3$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡sɐu̯³³/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: céu
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siɛu²¹³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: ziu$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siu⁴²/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiù
*** Tâi-lô: tsiù
*** Phofsit Daibuun: ciux
*** IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siu²¹/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siu⁴¹/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siu²¹/
*** IPA (Taipei): /t͡siu¹¹/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siu²¹/
** (Teochew)
*** Peng'im: ziu$^3$
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiù
*** Sinological IPA : /t͡siu²¹³/
* Middle Chinese: tsyuwH
Rime :
| Character | 咒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 章 (23) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 職救切 |
| Baxter | tsyuwH |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /t͡ɕɨu$^H$/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /t͡ɕiu$^H$/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /t͡ɕiəu$^H$/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /cuw$^H$/ |
| Li Rong | /t͡ɕiu$^H$/ |
| Wang Li | /t͡ɕĭəu$^H$/ |
| Bernard Karlgren | /t͡ɕi̯ə̯u$^H$/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | zhòu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | zau$^3$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*tjus/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 咒 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 17652 |
| Phonetic component | 祝 |
| Rime group | 幽 |
| Rime subdivision | 1 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 呪 |
| Old Chinese | /*tjus/ |
| Notes | 同呪 |

### Definitions

咒
* religious incantation or mantra; spell
    魔咒 (mózhòu, “magical spell”)
    大悲咒 (Dàbēizhòu, “Great Compassion Mantra”)
** 2023, “小林不動產”, 梁嘉茵 [Serrini] (lyrics), 林家謙 [Terence Lam] (music)‎performed by 林家謙 [Terence Lam]:
       ngo$^5$, zung$^3$ liu$^5$ laan$^5$ zau$^3$ [Jyutping]
       I'm under a laziness spell
* curse; malediction
* to curse; to damn
    詛咒／诅咒 (zǔzhòu, “to curse”)

### Compounds

* 三咒
* 千咒萬罵／千咒万骂
* 咒印
* 咀咒 (jǔzhòu)
* 咒咀
* 咒師／咒师
* 咒心
* 咒愿
* 咒文 (zhòuwén)
* 咒殺／咒杀 (zhòushā)
* 咒水
* 咒神
* 咒縛／咒缚
* 咒罵／咒骂 (zhòumà)
* 咒藏
* 咒術／咒术
* 咒詛／咒诅 (zhòuzǔ)
* 咒詈
* 咒語／咒语 (zhòuyǔ)
* 咒誦／咒诵
* 咒誓 (zhòushì)
* 咒讖／咒谶
* 咒遍
* 咒音
* 咒願／咒愿
* 唸咒／念咒 (niànzhòu)
* 大咒
* 大悲咒 (Dàbēizhòu)
* 密咒
* 往生咒 (wǎngshēngzhòu)
* 心咒
* 念咒 (niànzhòu)
* 普庵咒
* 書符咒水／书符咒水
* 沒咒念／没咒念
* 牙疼咒 (yáténgzhòu)
* 發咒／发咒
* 白口咀咒
* 禁咒
* 符咒 (fúzhòu)
* 經咒／经咒
* 緊箍咒／紧箍咒 (jǐngūzhòu)
* 詛咒／诅咒 (zǔzhòu)
* 譴咒／谴咒
* 賭咒／赌咒 (dǔzhòu)
* 魔咒 (mózhòu)

### References

* “咒”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “咒”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 312.

## Japanese

| Shinjitai | 呪 |
| Kyūjitai | 咒 |

### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji, kyūjitai kanji, shinjitai form 呪)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: しゅ (shu)
* Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
* Kan’yō-on: じゅ (ju)
* Kun: まじなう (majinau, 咒う)、のろい (noroi, 咒い)、のろう (norou, 咒う)

## Korean
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Middle Korean readings, if any”)

### Pronunciation

* (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA: [t͡ɕu]
* Phonetic hangul: [주]

### Hanja

Wikisource 咒 • (ju) (hangeul 주, revised ju, McCune–Reischauer chu)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

咒: Hán Nôm readings: chú
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