咒
呪zhòu
#2,281 most
frequent character
variant of 咒[zhou4]
Character breakdown
Source: Make Me a Hanzi.
咒 has 吅, two mouths, as the meaning part, and 几, an empty part that once showed a person. The mouths give the first sense, 'curse someone'. From cursing came 'to swear, curse' and then 'incantation, magic spell'.
Drawn as: person
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