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诅

zǔ

Character Traditional 詛

What 诅 means

1. curse
2. swear (oath)

Example sentences

• 她大声诅咒。
  Tā dàshēng zǔzhòu.
  She cursed loudly.

Words starting with 诅

• 诅咒zǔ zhòuto curse

Words containing 诅

• 咒诅zhòu zǔto curse; to revile

Characters built on 且

These share the phonetic component 且 (qiě), which is why their readings rhyme. Learning them as a family is far cheaper than learning them one at a time.

• 组zǔto form; to organize; group
• 助zhùto help; to assist
• 租zūto hire; to rent; to charter
• 阻zǔto hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖zǔancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 粗cū(of sth long) wide; thick; (of sth granular) coarse; (of a voice) gruff
• 沮jǔto destroy; to stop
• 咀jǔto chew; to masticate

Characters that look like 诅

Easy to confuse on sight. Compare them side by side once and the pair stops costing you.

• 该gāishould; ought to; probably
• 证zhèngto admonish; variant of 证
• 话huàdialect; language; spoken words
• 诋dǐto defame; to slander
• 诏zhào(literary) to admonish; (bound form) imperial edict
• 诘jié(bound form) to question closely; to interrogate

Sounds the same

Read zǔ, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 组to form; to organize; group
• 阻to hinder; to block; to obstruct
• 祖ancestor; forefather; grandparents
• 珇carving on jade
• 俎a stand for food at sacrifice