Kanji
N1 8 strokes Grade 8 freq #2131

spell, curse, charm, malediction

On'yomi (音読み)

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

Radical (部首)

mouth kuchi

Others with this radical

On'yomi compounds (音読み)

magic; sorcery
spell (that restricts one's movements); binding spell
spell; charm
esoteric Buddhist ritual in which incantations are chanted
Jujutsu Kaisen (manga series)
great six-syllable mantra ("om mani padme hum")
disaster-preventing incantation; disaster-preventing dharani
sympathetic magic; homeopathic magic
sympathetic magic; homeopathic magic
magical thinking

Kun'yomi words (訓読み)

curse; spell
to curse; to put a curse on
to curse (someone) to death; to put a deadly curse on (someone)
resource curse; paradox of plenty
charm; incantation

Example sentences

The spell was broken and the pig turned into a man.

He muttered a curse.

Cursed be he that first invented war.

The witch cursed the poor little girl.