卜
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Pictograph of a crack on a bone. In ancient China such cracks were used for fortune-telling.
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Historical Evolution
卜
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
卜
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
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Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
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Bronze
Mid Western Zhou (~900 BC)
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Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
卜
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
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Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
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Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
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Regular
Modern
Chinese
卜 [Bǔ]
surname Bu
卜 [bǔ]
to divine; to forecast or estimate; (of a place to live etc) to choose
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
卜 うらべ
Urabe unclassified name
卜 すえたか
Suetaka unclassified name
卜 すえよし
Sueyoshi unclassified name
卜 ほうりん
Hourin unclassified name
卜 ぼく
Boku surname
CHINESE WORDS (57)
胡萝卜 [húluóbo] #6,986
carrot
萝卜 [luóbo] #9,605
radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白蘿蔔|白萝卜[báiluóbo]
占卜 [zhānbǔ] #14,138
to divine
胡萝卜素 [húluóbosù] #46,626
carotene
红萝卜 [hóngluóbo] #44,363
carrot
阿卜杜拉 [Abǔdùlā] #52,623
Abdullah (name)
吉卜赛人 [Jíbǔsàirén] #32,419
Gypsy
吉卜赛人 [Jíbǔsàirén] #32,419
Gypsy
易卜生 [Yìbǔshēng] #47,157
Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家
未卜 [wèibǔ] #39,339
not foreseen
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JAPANESE WORDS (17)
⭐ 占い [うらない] #8,677
fortune-telling
⭐ 占う [うらなう] #14,430
to tell someone's fortune
卜 [うら] #31,664
fortune-telling
売卜 [ばいぼく] #87,090
fortunetelling (as an occupation)
卜占 [ぼくせん] #99,078
fortune-telling
亀卜 [きぼく] #138,707
tortoise-shell divination (in ancient China and Japan)
卜筮 [ぼくぜい] #140,624
fortunetelling
卜する [ぼくする] #141,645
to tell (a person's) fortune
卜者 [ぼくしゃ] #148,794
fortune teller
占卜 [せんぼく] #166,251
divination
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