卜
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(bound form) to divine
2 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,411 U+535C
How 卜 is formed
Pictograph (象形字)
A crack on an oracle bone
components: 丨 丶
How to remember it
divination · Heisig RSH #43
walking stick + a drop of — as a component also called: magic wand, divining rod
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 卜 as their sound component
These characters all use 卜 (bǔ) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 卜 sound component | bǔ | divination, fortune-telling; prophecy |
| 补 | bǔ | to fix, to mend, to patch, to restore |
| 扑 | pū | to attack, to beat, to hit, to strike |
| 朴 | pǔ | plain, simple; sincere; surname |
| 赴 | fù | to attend, to go to, to be present |
| 仆 | pú | to fall forward; prostrate, prone; servant |
| 讣 | fù | obituary, death notice |
| 钋 | pō | polonium |
Words containing 卜
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 吉卜力工作室 | Jí bǔ lì Gōng zuò shì | Studio Ghibli, Japanese film studio |
| 吉卜赛人 | Jí bǔ sài rén | Gypsy |
| 萝卜白菜，各有所爱 | luó bo bái cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài | (saying) one man's meat is another man's poison; to each his own |
| 萝卜青菜，各有所爱 | luó bo qīng cài , gè yǒu suǒ ài | see 蘿蔔白菜，各有所愛|萝卜白菜，各有所爱[luo2 bo5 bai2 cai4 , ge4 you3 suo3 ai4] |
| 易卜生 | Yì bǔ shēng | Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家 |
| 花心大萝卜 | huā xīn dà luó bo | (coll.) womanizer; skirt-chaser |
| 阿卜杜拉 | Ā bǔ dù lā | Abdullah (name) |
| 心里美萝卜 | xīn li měi luó bo | Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the insid… |
| 未卜先知 | wèi bǔ xiān zhī | (idiom) to foresee the future (without divination); to know beforehand through uncanny ins… |
| 拔出萝卜带出泥 | bá chū luó bo dài chū ní | lit. when you pull a radish out of the ground, some dirt comes up with it (idiom); fig. to… |
| 萝卜快了不洗泥 | luó bo kuài le bù xǐ ní | when radishes are selling fast, one doesn't take the time to wash the soil off them (idiom… |
| 小萝卜头 | xiǎo luó bo tou | (coll.) kid; little tyke |
| 空心萝卜 | kōng xīn luó bo | useless person |
| 小红萝卜 | xiǎo hóng luó bo | small red radish |
| 一个萝卜一个坑 | yī gè luó bo yī gè kēng | lit. every turnip to its hole (idiom); fig. each person has his own position; each to his … |
| 卜骨 | bǔ gǔ | oracle bone |
| 都卜勒 | Dōu bǔ lè | variant of 多普勒[Duo1 pu3 le4] |
| 前途未卜 | qián tú wèi bǔ | hanging in the balance; the future is hard to forecast; ¿Qué serà?; who knows what the fut… |
| 卜甲 | bǔ jiǎ | oracle tortoise shell |
| 威卜 | wēi bǔ | vaporizer (e-cigarette) (loanword) |