Memory phrase for the character: 诅

诅

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Meaning

curse, swear (oath)

Pronunciation

zǔ

Explanation

 Left: word 讠/言, right: further/moreover 且 (A pile of stones [= a stone cairn] where moreover stones are added. Here: part of ancestor 祖 = At the altar 示 are piled the coffins 且 of my ancestors)

Mnemonic
 
The words about the three coffins 且 are: a curse.

Radicals

讠 wordTraditionally written as 言, which shows sound waves out of a mouth.
且 and; moreover; yet




 Vocabulary

诅咒 zǔ zhòu  to curse
咒诅 zhòu zǔ  to curse; to revile
咒诅 zhòu zǔ  

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