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Character Decomposition
卜=丨+丶
Etymology
A crack on an oracle bone
Meanings2 pronunciations
bǔ
(bound form) to divine
surname Bu
bó
used in luó bo
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Words with 卜 116 total
to choose officials by divination (archaic) · to practice divination without a definite question枚卜méi bǔto do trade as a fortune teller卖卜mài bǔ(literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable未卜wèi bǔmedicine and divination医卜yī bǔto foretell; to predict预卜yù bǔto divine占卜zhān bǔto divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future卜占bǔ zhānto divine using the eight trigrams卜卦bǔ guàto predict by divining; to consult the oracle卜问bǔ wènto choose a capital by divination · to choose a home · to choose one's burial place by divination卜宅bǔ zháito choose a home卜居bǔ jūto ask oracle for war forecast卜征bǔ zhēng
Idioms with 卜 12 total Chain
day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)卜昼卜夜bǔ zhòu bǔ yè(idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny insight未卜先知wèi bǔ xiān zhīlit. every turnip to its hole (idiom) · fig. each person has his own position · each to his own · horses for courses · every kettle has its lid一个萝卜一个坑yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng
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