8 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 11th grade

spell, curse, charm, malediction

Kun'yomi
  • まじな
    to pray that one avoids disaster or illness ②to pray for harm or death to come upon someone ③to charm ④to treat illness (with a prayer)
  • charm
  • curse
  • to curse
On'yomi
  • ジュ
    spell ②dharani
  • シュ
  • シュウ

Main Radical

(KanXi)

Reading Commonality

のろのろ 56.4%
ジュシュ 43.6%

Character Breakdown

spell, curse, charm
のろ.い ジュ シュウ (11th)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
elder brother, big brother
あに キョウ ケイ (2nd, N4)
legs radical (no. 10)
ジン ニン がい (Kentei 1)

References

Unicode hex code 546A
JIS X 0208 1-28-86
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 912
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 764
Halpern, J. Kodansha Kanji Dictionary 323
Halpern, J. Kanji Learners Dictionary (Kodansha), 2nd edition (2013) 245
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji 2169
Heisig, J. Remembering The Kanji, Sixth Ed. 108
Morohashi Daikanwajiten 3443
Spahn and Hadamitzky Kanji and Kana (2011 edition) 1324
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 3d5.11
Four corner code 6601.0