Japanese Word Entry
呪う| Kana: | のろう |
| Romaji: | norou |
| Definition: | to curse, to put a curse on, to detest intensely |
| Alternative form: |
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Chinese characters used in this word
| 呪 | spell, curse, charm, malediction, damn, incantation |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄓㄡˋ (zhòu) |
| Cantonese: | zau3 |
| Japanese: | ジュ (ju)、 シュ (shu)、 シュウ (shuu)、 ズ (zu) / まじな.う (majinau)、 のろ.い (noroi)、 まじな.い (majinai)、 のろ.う (norou) |
| Korean: | 주 (ju) |
| Vietnamese: | chú |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 咒 |
| Semantic variant form: | 咒 |
| 詛 | curse, swear, pledge |
Readings
| Mandarin: | ㄗㄨˇ (zǔ) |
| Cantonese: | zo3 |
| Japanese: | ソ (so)、 ショ (sho) / のろ.う (norou) |
| Korean: | 저 (jeo) |
| Vietnamese: | trớ |
Variants
| Simplified Chinese form: | 诅 |
