Jisho

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呪

8 strokes
Radical:
mouth, opening 口
Parts:
儿 口
Variants:
咒
spell, curse, charm, malediction
Kun:
まじな.う、 のろ.い、 まじな.い、 のろ.う
On:
ジュ、 シュ、 シュウ、 ズ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
2131 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 呪 【ジュ】 spell, curse, dharani, mantra
  • 呪術 【ジュジュツ】 magic, sorcery, incantation
  • 消災呪 【ショウサイジュ】 disaster-preventing incantation, disaster-preventing dharani
  • 明呪 【ミョウジュ】 mantra
  • 呪詛 【ジュソ】 curse, malediction, hex

Kun reading compounds

  • 呪う 【まじなう】 to pray that one avoids disaster or illness, to pray for harm or death to come upon someone, to curse, to charm, to conjure, to cast a spell (on someone), to treat illness (with a prayer)
  • 呪い 【のろい】 curse, spell, malediction
  • 呪い殺す 【のろいころす】 to curse (someone) to death, to put a deadly curse on (someone)
  • 呪い 【まじない】 charm, incantation, spell, curse
  • 呪う 【のろう】 to curse, to put a curse on, to detest intensely

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
zhou4
Korean:
ju

Spanish

  • maldición
  • hechizo
  • maldecir
  • hechizar
  • encantar

Portuguese

French

912 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1324 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
323 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
245 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
3443 Morohashi
764 New Nelson (John Haig)
2169 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
108 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3d5.11 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
6601.0 Four corner code
1-28-86 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
546a Unicode hex code

物

8 strokes
Radical:
cow 牛 (牜)
Parts:
ノ 勹 牛 勿
thing, object, matter
Kun:
もの、 もの-
On:
ブツ、 モツ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N4
215 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

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On reading compounds

  • 物 【ブツ】 stock, products, goods (esp. stolen), loot, spoils, stuff
  • 物議 【ブツギ】 public discussion, public criticism, controversy
  • 異物 【イブツ】 foreign substance, foreign body, foreign contamination, foreign material, strange object, unusual object, dead body, corpse, remains
  • 遺物 【イブツ】 relic, remains, memento
  • 一物 【イチモツ】 one thing, one article, ulterior motive, secret intention, secret scheme, plot, penis, money
  • 財物 【ザイブツ】 property

Kun reading compounds

  • 物 【もの】 thing, object, article, stuff, substance, one's things, possessions, property, belongings, things, something, anything, everything, nothing, quality, reason, the way of things, used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc., used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense), used to indicate a general tendency, used to indicate something that should happen, item classified as ..., item related to ..., work in the genre of ..., cause of ..., cause for ..., somehow, somewhat, for some reason, really, truly
  • 物言い 【ものいい】 manner of speaking, verbal argument, objection, protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee), rumor, rumour
  • 先物 【さきもの】 futures, futures contract
  • 拾い物 【ひろいもの】 found article, thing picked up (e.g. in the street), (lucky) find, piece of good luck, windfall, bargain

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
wu4
Korean:
mul

Spanish

  • cosa
  • objeto
  • materia

Portuguese

  • coisa
  • objeto
  • matéria

French

  • objet
  • chose
  • matière
313 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
410 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
387 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
126 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
2857 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
74 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
214 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
611 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
2.13 Japanese for Busy People
79 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
79 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
321 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1290 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1084 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
587 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
777 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1059 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
19959 Morohashi
874 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
3538 New Nelson (John Haig)
1050 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1129 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
95 The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley)
313 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
2451 2001 Kanji
4g4.2 The Kanji Dictionary
1-4-4 SKIP code
2752.0 Four corner code
1-42-10 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
7269 Unicode hex code

崇

11 strokes
Radical:
mountain 山
Parts:
二 宀 小 山 示
adore, respect, revere, worship
Kun:
あが.める
On:
スウ
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1970 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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On reading compounds

  • 崇拝 【スウハイ】 worship, adoration, admiration, cult
  • 崇高 【スウコウ】 lofty, sublime, noble, the sublime (aesthetics)
  • 尊崇 【ソンスウ】 reverence, veneration

Kun reading compounds

  • 崇める 【あがめる】 to revere, to respect, to worship

Readings

Japanese names:
す、 たか、 たかし、 たかむ
Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
chong2
Korean:
sung

Spanish

  • respetar
  • reverenciar
  • noble

Portuguese

  • Adorar (divindade)
  • respeitar
  • reverenciar

French

  • adoration
  • respect
  • révérer
  • culte
1465 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1855 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1429 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1263 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1242 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1774 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1424 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1513 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1664 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
546 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
2864 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1479 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1990 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1110 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
8152 Morohashi
2297 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1490 New Nelson (John Haig)
1101 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1182 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1425 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1241 2001 Kanji
3o8.9 The Kanji Dictionary
2-3-8 SKIP code
2-6-5 SKIP code
2290.1 Four corner code
1-31-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
5d07 Unicode hex code

拝

8 strokes
Radical:
hand 手 (扌龵)
Parts:
一 ｜ 干 扎
Variants:
拜
worship, adore, pray to
Kun:
おが.む、 おろが.む
On:
ハイ
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 6
JLPT level N2
1443 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 拝 【ハイ】 bowing one's head (in respect or worship), worship, respectfully yours
  • 拝啓 【ハイケイ】 Dear (so and so), Dear Sir, Dear Madam, To Whom It May Concern
  • 礼拝 【レイハイ】 worship (esp. Christian), (church) service
  • 再拝 【サイハイ】 bowing twice, worshipping again, yours sincerely, sincerely yours

Kun reading compounds

  • 拝む 【おがむ】 to assume the posture of praying, to press the palms and fingers of both hands together, to do reverence (e.g. before a statue of the Buddha), to pay one's respects, to beg, to make a supplication, to see (something or someone of high status)

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
bai4
Korean:
bae

Spanish

  • culto
  • adoración
  • adorar
  • implorar
  • suplicar

Portuguese

  • venerar
  • adorar
  • orar para

French

  • culte
  • adorer
  • prier
858 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade)
966 A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot)
956 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1475 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1884 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
529 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
566 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
585 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1201 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1264 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
766 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
880 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
360 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
224 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
268 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1578 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
11969P Morohashi
303 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2126 New Nelson (John Haig)
1564 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1686 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
872 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1355 2001 Kanji
3c5.3 The Kanji Dictionary
1-3-5 SKIP code
5105.0 Four corner code
1-39-50 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
62dd Unicode hex code