Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

2131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 8

Meaning: spell, curse, charm, malediction

Kunyomi: まじな.う のろ.い まじな.い のろ.う

Onyomi: ジュ シュ シュウ

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Meaning: mouth, opening

Examples

Onyomi Examples

ジュ spell, curse, dharani, mantra

ジュジュツ magic, sorcery, incantation

消災 ショウサイジュ disaster-preventing incantation, disaster-preventing dharani

ミョウジュ mantra

ジュソ curse, malediction, hex

Kunyomi Examples

まじなう to pray that one avoids disaster or illness, to pray for harm or death to come upon someone, to curse, to charm, to conjure, to cast a spell (on someone), to treat illness (with a prayer)

のろい curse, spell, malediction

い殺す のろいころす to curse someone to death, to put a deadly curse on someone

まじない charm, incantation, spell, curse

のろう to curse, to put a curse on, to detest intensely