咒 zhòu

1. zhòu noun incantation; spell
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: Variant of 呪 (CC-CEDICT '咒'; Guoyu '咒' n; Kroll 2015 '咒', p. 615)
2. zhòu verb to curse; to cast a spell
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Religion
   Notes: (CC-CEDICT '咒'; Guoyu '咒' v 1; Unihan '咒')
3. zhòu verb to vow; to pledge
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
   Notes: In the sense of 发誓 (Guoyu '咒' v 2)
4. zhòu noun incantation; mantra; dhāraṇī
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanksrit equivalent: mantra, Japanese: shu, or: shū, or: ju, Tibetan: gsang sngags; see also 真言 (BCSD '咒', p. 249; BL 'mantra', p. 529; Mahāvyutpatti 'mantram'; Powell 2007, pp. 265-267; FGDB '咒'; SH '咒', p. 252; Tzu Chuang 2012; Unihan '咒')

Contained in

• 五字咒 Five Letter Mantra
• 明咒 vidya
• 六字大明咒 Mantra of Six Syllables; Om mani padme hum
• 一字咒 one character mantra
• 孔雀王咒经(孔雀王咒經) Peahen Queen of Spells
• 东方最胜灯王神咒经(東方最勝燈王神咒經) Agna Pradīpa Dhāranī
• 阿弥陀佛根本秘密神咒(阿彌陀佛根本秘密神咒) The Pure Land Dharani
• 五字文殊咒 Five Letter Manjusri Mantra
• 不空羂索心咒经(不空羂索心咒經) Amoghapasa Hṛdaya Mantra Sutra
• 大悲咒 Great Compassion Dharani; Great Compassion Mantra
• 根本咒 root spell; fundamental mantra ; Great Compassion Mantra
• 请观世音菩萨消伏毒害陀罗尼咒经(請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼咒經) Scripture for Invocation of Avalokiteśvara and Dharani for Overcoming Evil
• 善法方便陀罗尼咒经(善法方便陀羅尼咒經) Sumukhanāmadhāraṇīsūtra
• 四甘露咒 The Pure Land Dharani
• 咒珠 chanting beads
• 薜陀咒 Veda
• 七俱胝佛咒 Buddha of Seven Kotis Mantra
• 千手千眼观世音菩萨大身咒(千手千眼觀世音菩薩大身咒) Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Great Compassion Dharani
• 功德宝山神咒(功德寶山神咒) Guna-Ratna Dharani
• 往生咒 The Pure Land Dharani
• 大金色孔雀咒经(大金色孔雀咒經) Great Golden Peahen Queen of Spells
• 禁咒 vidya
• 虚空藏菩萨神咒经(虛空藏菩薩神咒經) ākāśagarbha bodhisattva dhāraṇī
• 随心咒(隨心咒) Responsive Heart Mantra
• 大孔雀王神咒经(大孔雀王神咒經) Great Peahen Queen of Spells
• 观自在菩萨随心咒(觀自在菩薩隨心咒) Avalokitesvara bodhisattva Fulfill Wishes Mantra
• 能灭众罪千转陀罗尼咒(能滅眾罪千轉陀羅尼咒) Able to Eliminate Many Sins Thousand Revolutions Dharani
• 一字顶轮王咒(一字頂輪王咒) One Syllable Pinancle Wheel Turning Ruler Mantra
• 无等等咒(無等等咒) unequaled mantra
• 大自在陀罗尼神咒经(大自在陀羅尼神咒經) Great Freedom Dharani
• 说十二神将饶益有情结愿神咒(說十二神將饒益有情結願神咒) Sutra of the Medicine Buddha; Sutra on the Master of Healing; Sutra of the Twelve Vows to Benefit All Sentient Beings
• 咒愿受食(咒願受食) verse recited on receiving food
• 明咒吽声救度佛母(明咒吽聲救度佛母) Raganisudana Tara
• 大金色孔雀王咒经(大金色孔雀王咒經) Great Golden Peahen Queen of Spells
• 咒五首 Five Mantras
• 咒经(咒經) mantra-sutra
• 往生净土神咒(往生淨土神咒) The Pure Land Dharani
• 持咒 Chanting Mantras ; to recite a dhāraṇī
• 明咒吽声救度(明咒吽聲救度) Raganisudana Tara

Also contained in

念咒 、 咒语 、 赌咒发誓 、 符咒 、 赌咒 、 紧箍咒 、 诅咒 、 咒骂 、 咒文 、 咒诅 、 咒术 、 魔咒

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 9 Shi Moheyan Lun 釋摩訶衍論 — count: 11
• Scroll 1 Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra 般若波羅蜜多心經 — count: 5
• Scroll 1 Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra 般若波羅蜜多心經 — count: 5
• Scroll 14 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
• Scroll 24 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
• Scroll 70 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
• Scroll 15 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
• Scroll 41 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
• Scroll 96 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 3
• Scroll 1 Supplement to the Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 續一切經音義 — count: 3

Collocations

• 咒王 (咒王) 大佛頂如來放光悉怛多般怛羅大神力都攝一切咒王陀羅尼經大威德最勝金輪三昧咒品 — Great Usnisa Radiance Sitatapatra Divine Powers Collected Dharanis Sutra, Yamantaka Golden Wheel Samadhi Mantra (Da Fo Ding Rulai Fang Guang Xi Da Duo Ban Da Luo Da Shenli Dou She Yiqie Zhou Wang Tuoluoni Jing Da Wei De Zui Sheng Jin Lun Sanmei Zhou Pin) 大佛頂如來放光悉怛多般怛羅大神力都攝一切呪王陀羅尼經大威德最勝金輪三昧呪品, Scroll 1 — count: 6
• 咒曰 (咒曰) 即說咒曰 — Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra 般若波羅蜜多心經, Scroll 1 — count: 5
• 佛说咒 (佛說咒) 佛說咒時氣病經 — Mantra for Curing Illness Sutra (Fo Shuo Zhou Shi Qi Bing Jing) 佛說呪時氣病經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 咒愿 (咒願) 坐起咒願 — Sutra Spoken by Ananda on Four Matters (Fo Shuo Anan Si Shi Jing) 佛說阿難四事經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 说咒 (說咒) 即說咒曰 — Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sūtra 般若波羅蜜多心經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 孔雀咒 (孔雀咒) 佛說大孔雀咒王經 — Great Peahen Queen of Spells (Mahāmāyūrividyārājñī) 佛說大孔雀呪王經, Scroll 1 — count: 3
• 咒法经 (咒法經) 使咒法經 — Sutra of the Mantras and Rituals of the Gana (Shi Zhou Fa Jing) 使呪法經, Scroll 1 — count: 2
• 咒反 (咒反) 休右反韻英云鼻取氣也說文云以鼻就殠曰殠也呪昌咒反 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 5 — count: 2
• 昌咒 (昌咒) 休右反韻英云鼻取氣也說文云以鼻就殠曰殠也呪昌咒反 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 5 — count: 2
• 咒藏 (咒藏) 曼殊室利咒藏中校量數珠功德經 — Manshushili Zhou Cang Zhong Xiaoliang Shu Zhu Gongde Jing 曼殊室利呪藏中校量數珠功德經, Scroll 1 — count: 2