咒 (zhòu): Curse — Stroke Order & Writing Guide
1.
Animated Stroke Order 咒
Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.
.%3C%2Fdesc%3E%3Cstyle%3E%0A%40keyframes%20draw-stroke%20%7B%0A%20%20to%20%7B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%200%3B%20opacity%3A%201%3B%20%7D%0A%7D%0A%3C%2Fstyle%3E%3Cg%3E%3Crect%20x%3D%220%22%20y%3D%220%22%20width%3D%22500%22%20height%3D%22500%22%20fill%3D%22%238ecae6%22%3E%3C%2Frect%3E%3Cline%20x1%3D%220%22%20y1%3D%22250%22%20x2%3D%22500%22%20y2%3D%22250%22%20stroke%3D%22rgba(255%2C255%2C255%2C0.2)%22%20stroke-width%3D%221%22%3E%3C%2Fline%3E%3Cline%20x1%3D%22250%22%20y1%3D%220%22%20x2%3D%22250%22%20y2%3D%22500%22%20stroke%3D%22rgba(255%2C255%2C255%2C0.2)%22%20stroke-width%3D%221%22%3E%3C%2Fline%3E%3Ctext%20x%3D%22490%22%20y%3D%22488%22%20fill%3D%22%23ffffff%22%20font-size%3D%2218%22%20font-family%3D%22Arial%2C%20sans-serif%22%20text-anchor%3D%22end%22%20dominant-baseline%3D%22ideographic%22%20opacity%3D%220.8%22%3Ehanzistroke.com%3C%2Ftext%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3Cdefs%3E%3CclipPath%20id%3D%22mask-1%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20246%20714%20Q%20236%20720%20206%20724%20Q%20196%20727%20192%20722%20Q%20188%20716%20195%20702%20Q%20222%20647%20238%20556%20Q%20242%20528%20257%20510%20Q%20273%20491%20278%20505%20Q%20281%20517%20281%20534%20L%20278%20565%20Q%20259%20659%20256%20688%20C%20253%20711%20253%20711%20246%20714%20Z%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2FclipPath%3E%3CclipPath%20id%3D%22mask-2%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20417%20586%20Q%20433%20667%20456%20691%20Q%20478%20716%20455%20730%20Q%20392%20763%20389%20763%20Q%20379%20763%20371%20757%20Q%20331%20732%20246%20714%20C%20217%20708%20229%20675%20256%20688%20Q%20260%20694%20345%20710%20Q%20372%20717%20378%20706%20Q%20385%20700%20379%20666%20Q%20373%20632%20365%20591%20C%20359%20562%20411%20557%20417%20586%20Z%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2FclipPath%3E%3CclipPath%20id%3D%22mask-3%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20281%20534%20Q%20312%20544%20423%20561%20Q%20432%20562%20433%20570%20Q%20433%20577%20417%20586%20C%20393%20600%20393%20600%20365%20591%20Q%20316%20575%20278%20565%20C%20249%20557%20252%20525%20281%20534%20Z%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2FclipPath%3E%3CclipPath%20id%3D%22mask-4%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20582%20757%20Q%20572%20763%20542%20769%20Q%20530%20773%20527%20768%20Q%20520%20762%20528%20747%20Q%20553%20690%20564%20598%20Q%20565%20570%20581%20552%20Q%20597%20530%20603%20545%20Q%20607%20557%20607%20576%20L%20605%20606%20Q%20592%20702%20592%20729%20C%20591%20753%20591%20753%20582%20757%20Z%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2FclipPath%3E%3CclipPath%20id%3D%22mask-5%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20755%20620%20Q%20774%20704%20797%20728%20Q%20819%20753%20797%20767%20Q%20778%20779%20751%20796%20Q%20732%20806%20714%20796%20Q%20683%20777%20582%20757%20C%20553%20751%20562%20724%20592%20729%20Q%20598%20730%20608%20732%20Q%20651%20741%20688%20748%20Q%20713%20752%20719%20742%20Q%20726%20736%20720%20704%20Q%20713%20670%20705%20628%20C%20699%20599%20748%20591%20755%20620%20Z%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2FclipPath%3E%3CclipPath%20id%3D%22mask-6%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20607%20576%20Q%20611%20576%20617%20577%20Q%20663%20587%20761%20594%20Q%20771%20595%20772%20602%20Q%20772%20608%20755%20620%20C%20735%20635%20734%20635%20705%20628%20Q%20648%20615%20605%20606%20C%20576%20600%20577%20574%20607%20576%20Z%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2FclipPath%3E%3CclipPath%20id%3D%22mask-7%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20387%20434%20Q%20351%20461%20326%20452%20Q%20313%20448%20320%20434%20Q%20351%20383%20313%20246%20Q%20274%20135%20183%2072%20Q%20170%2062%20155%2050%20Q%20143%2041%20155%2039%20Q%20207%2039%20276%20103%20Q%20348%20163%20374%20285%20Q%20374%20324%20393%20381%20Q%20396%20393%20402%20404%20C%20409%20419%20409%20419%20387%20434%20Z%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2FclipPath%3E%3CclipPath%20id%3D%22mask-8%22%3E%3Cpath%20d%3D%22M%20402%20404%20Q%20424%20405%20442%20413%20Q%20532%20443%20542%20433%20Q%20548%20429%20544%20407%20Q%20514%20263%20523%20186%20Q%20523%20102%20598%2036%20Q%20659%20-9%20799%200%20Q%20881%206%20947%2042%20Q%20969%2055%20959%2080%20Q%20931%20161%20933%20250%20Q%20929%20259%20923%20260%20Q%20919%20260%20912%20246%20Q%20882%20120%20855%2092%20Q%20792%2056%20664%2073%20Q%20634%2079%20618%2095%20Q%20584%20122%20573%20186%20Q%20560%20253%20584%20343%20Q%20599%20397%20629%20425%20Q%20662%20449%20581%20484%20Q%20554%20494%20538%20484%20Q%20498%20459%20387%20434%20C%20358%20427%20373%20398%20402%20404%20Z%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2FclipPath%3E%3C%2Fdefs%3E%3Cg%20transform%3D%22%0A%20%20%20%20translate(10%2C%20431.875)%0A%20%20%20%20scale(0.46875%2C%20-0.46875)%0A%20%20%22%3E%3Cg%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%201%3B%22%3E%3Cpath%20clip-path%3D%22url(%23mask-1)%22%20d%3D%22M%20130.5%20788.9%20L%20230%20686%20L%20268%20510%22%20stroke%3D%22%23ff0000%22%20stroke-width%3D%22200%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22miter%22%20stroke-dasharray%3D%22323.19485620505844%2C323.19485620505844%22%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%200%3B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%20323.194%3B%20stroke-dasharray%3A%20323.194%3B%20animation%3A%20800ms%20linear%200ms%201%20normal%20forwards%20running%20draw-stroke%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3Cpath%20clip-path%3D%22url(%23mask-2)%22%20d%3D%22M%20171.4%20638.7%20L%20276%20710%20L%20338%20725%20L%20378%20734%20L%20395%20729%20L%20419%20706%20L%20396%20614%20L%20372%20598%22%20stroke%3D%22%23ff0000%22%20stroke-width%3D%22200%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22miter%22%20stroke-dasharray%3D%22406.0531926634337%2C406.0531926634337%22%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%200%3B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%20406.015%3B%20stroke-dasharray%3A%20406.015%3B%20animation%3A%20800ms%20linear%201000ms%201%20normal%20forwards%20running%20draw-stroke%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3Cpath%20clip-path%3D%22url(%23mask-3)%22%20d%3D%22M%20200.1%20484.7%20L%20302%20556%20L%20363%20571%20L%20424%20570%22%20stroke%3D%22%23ff0000%22%20stroke-width%3D%22200%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22miter%22%20stroke-dasharray%3D%22248.23850250030364%2C248.23850250030364%22%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%200%3B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%20248.193%3B%20stroke-dasharray%3A%20248.193%3B%20animation%3A%20800ms%20linear%202000ms%201%20normal%20forwards%20running%20draw-stroke%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3Cpath%20clip-path%3D%22url(%23mask-4)%22%20d%3D%22M%20460.1%20826.3%20L%20561%20737%20L%20565%20724%20L%20593%20551%22%20stroke%3D%22%23ffffff%22%20stroke-width%3D%22200%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22miter%22%20stroke-dasharray%3D%22323.5658286365429%2C323.5658286365429%22%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%200%3B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%20323.594%3B%20stroke-dasharray%3A%20323.594%3B%20animation%3A%20800ms%20linear%203000ms%201%20normal%20forwards%20running%20draw-stroke%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3Cpath%20clip-path%3D%22url(%23mask-5)%22%20d%3D%22M%20507.9%20687.1%20L%20616%20751%20L%20710%20770%20L%20741%20766%20L%20760%20745%20L%20755%20721%20L%20738%20656%20L%20713%20635%22%20stroke%3D%22%23ffffff%22%20stroke-width%3D%22200%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22miter%22%20stroke-dasharray%3D%22405.38272392951217%2C405.38272392951217%22%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%200%3B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%20405.403%3B%20stroke-dasharray%3A%20405.403%3B%20animation%3A%20800ms%20linear%204000ms%201%20normal%20forwards%20running%20draw-stroke%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3Cpath%20clip-path%3D%22url(%23mask-6)%22%20d%3D%22M%20540.3%20513.3%20L%20621%20594%20L%20701%20609%20L%20763%20602%22%20stroke%3D%22%23ffffff%22%20stroke-width%3D%22200%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22miter%22%20stroke-dasharray%3D%22257.9301485634555%2C257.9301485634555%22%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%200%3B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%20257.915%3B%20stroke-dasharray%3A%20257.915%3B%20animation%3A%20800ms%20linear%205000ms%201%20normal%20forwards%20running%20draw-stroke%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3Cpath%20clip-path%3D%22url(%23mask-7)%22%20d%3D%22M%20243.2%20494%20L%20352%20426%20L%20365%20404%20L%20348%20281%20L%20329%20217%20L%20301%20165%20L%20257%20110%20L%20217%2076%20L%20161%2045%22%20stroke%3D%22%23ffffff%22%20stroke-width%3D%22200%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22miter%22%20stroke-dasharray%3D%22590.7849042129212%2C590.7849042129212%22%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%200%3B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%20590.785%3B%20stroke-dasharray%3A%20590.785%3B%20animation%3A%20800ms%20linear%206000ms%201%20normal%20forwards%20running%20draw-stroke%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3Cpath%20clip-path%3D%22url(%23mask-8)%22%20d%3D%22M%20319.4%20494.8%20L%20412%20422%20L%20546%20459%20L%20565%20456%20L%20585%20437%20L%20552%20318%20L%20544%20242%20L%20548%20179%20L%20560%20130%20L%20580%2095%20L%20611%2063%20L%20637%2048%20L%20699%2035%20L%20788%2035%20L%20846%2045%20L%20896%2068%20L%20907%2078%20L%20909%2090%20L%20918%20233%20L%20925%20252%22%20stroke%3D%22%23ffffff%22%20stroke-width%3D%22200%22%20fill%3D%22none%22%20stroke-linecap%3D%22round%22%20stroke-linejoin%3D%22miter%22%20stroke-dasharray%3D%221188.8107549278454%2C1188.8107549278454%22%20style%3D%22opacity%3A%200%3B%20stroke-dashoffset%3A%201188.8%3B%20stroke-dasharray%3A%201188.8%3B%20animation%3A%20800ms%20linear%207000ms%201%20normal%20forwards%20running%20draw-stroke%3B%22%3E%3C%2Fpath%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fg%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E)
Watch the stroke order, then trace it yourself.
50 learners practiced this
Two mouths (口口) speaking repeatedly, invoking power — to curse or chant a spell.
Download and print worksheets to practice writing 咒
Common words and phrases that contain 咒.
Real-world example sentences demonstrating how 咒 is used in context
Don't casually curse others; it's bad behavior.
He was very angry and started to loudly curse at that swindler.
He was very angry and couldn't help but start cursing at that unreasonable person.
In ancient legends, breaking a mirror might bring seven years of bad luck.
In the story, the wizard recited an incantation and the door opened.
The wizard in the story recited an incantation, and the stone turned into gold.