卜

bǔ, bo

Radical: 卜 pictographic

Components & Etymology

卜 decomposes into the following components:

丨 丶

Words containing 卜

Common multi-character words and phrases that include 卜.

医卜
yī bǔ
medicine and divination
卖卜
mài bǔ
to do trade as a fortune teller
卜占
bǔ zhān
to divine
卜卦
bǔ guà
to divine using the trigrams
卜宅
bǔ zhái
to choose a capital by divination
卜居
bǔ jū
to choose a home
卜征
bǔ zhēng
to ask oracle for war forecast
卜甲
bǔ jiǎ
oracle tortoise shell
卜筮
bǔ shì
divination
卜课
bǔ kè
divination
卜辞
bǔ cí
oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
卜问
bǔ wèn
to predict by divining

Related characters (radical 卜)

Characters that share the radical 卜.

⺊ 卞 占 卡 卢 卣 卦 贞

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