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jmdict 1330105 Active (id: 1940409)
呪い咒い [oK]
まじない
1. [n] [uk]
▶ charm
▶ incantation
▶ spell
▶ curse
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2182980 呪う【まじなう】 3. to charm; to conjure; to cast a spell (on someone)



History:
8. A 2016-12-05 10:32:37  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
It's not "iK", because that tag is intended for terms where an incorrect kanji is used, but the usage is common enough to record it. An example is writing お買い徳 instead of お買い得.
Whether 咒い should have "oK" is a hard call. I'd lean towards not having it as it's a rare itaiji rather than an old/obsolete form. I'm not too fussed either way.
7. A* 2016-12-04 13:37:00  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Just saw Rene's comment under 呪い(のろい).
Also note that Kangxi has 呪 but not 咒 (see Wiktionary for instance),
so 呪 is the original form and 咒 is a variant.
Not sure what the best way to handle this is,
but I lean towards [oK].
6. A* 2016-12-04 13:28:52  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
KanjiDic koj wiktionary
  Comments:
咒 seems to be an alternative form of 呪.
KanjiDic lists it with the reading まじな.う
  Diff:
@@ -9 +9 @@
-<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
+<ke_inf>&oK;</ke_inf>
5. A* 2016-12-04 12:41:45  Robin Scott
  Refs:
Daijr, Daijs
  Comments:
Added iK tag as per n-gram hits above.

"curse" seems to fit (part of) the definition given in Diajr and Daijs.

"magic formula" is unclear.
  Diff:
@@ -8,0 +9 @@
+<ke_inf>&iK;</ke_inf>
@@ -19 +20 @@
-<gloss>magic formula</gloss>
+<gloss>curse</gloss>
4. A 2015-11-12 00:39:57  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
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