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卜 — 2 strokes ／ Radical「卜」

道
準1University / general ／ 2 strokes ／ Radical「卜」
On
ボクぼく · boku
Kun
うらな.う・うらないurana.u · uranai
Meaning
divination

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

A pictograph of the crack that appears when a tortoise shell is burnt: divining fortune.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 卜占ぼくせん

    divination

  • 卜ううらなう

    to divine; to tell fortunes

More words with this kanji

  • 卜筮ぼくぜい

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

古代(こだい)は亀(かめ)の甲(こう)で吉凶(きっきょう)を卜(うらな)った。

In ancient times fortunes were divined with tortoise shells.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

卜占卜占occupy卦divina…穆serene曝expose…木tree目eye朴plain
CompoundRadicalReading

Compound

Radical

Map of radical 卜Map of reading ボクAll maps

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