noun
Buddhist rosary; prayer beads
A string of beads used in Buddhist prayer and meditation. The reading ずず is a less common variant.
祖母は毎朝、数珠を手に持ってお経を唱える。
Every morning, my grandmother holds her prayer beads and chants sutras.
葬儀では、数珠を持参するのが一般的です。
It is common to bring a set of prayer beads to a funeral.
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
Rarely used kanji form.
Refers specifically to the Catholic rosary, while 数珠 is used in a Buddhist context.
From Middle Chinese 數珠 (srjuX tsyu, literally 'counting beads'). The reading ずず is a historical variant.