EntryCommonWaniKani 45
  1. Noun

    curse; spell; malediction

    のろいはのろい主に返る。
    Curses, like chickens, come home to roost.

Also written 詛い【のろい】咒い【のろい】

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Characters in this word

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Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

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
Strokes
8
Taught
Junior high
Frequency
2131 of 2500
Radical
mouth
WaniKani
Level 45

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Dictionary and index codes (16)
CodeReference
1-3-5SKIP code
3d5.11The Kanji Dictionary
6601.0Four corner code
546aUnicode hex code
1-28-86JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
912Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
764New Nelson (John Haig)
323Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
245Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
2169Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
108Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
3443Morohashi
1324Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
zhou4Pinyin reading
juKorean reading
45WaniKani level