诅

詛
zǔ
#3,165 most
frequent character
curse, swear (oath)

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

诅 uses 讠 speech as its meaning part and 且 qiě as its sound part, though the sound link is not clear today. It first meant to curse by calling down calamity. The sense later narrowed to curse, then to swear an oath.

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Homophones

HSK 6
组zǔ
to form, to organize, class
祖zǔ
ancestor, forefather, grandparents
阻zǔ
to hinder, to block, to obstruct

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