卜 — 2 strokes ／ Radical「卜」
道準1University / general ／ 2 strokes ／ Radical「卜」
- On
- ボク
- Kun
- うらな.う・うらない
- Meaning
- divination
Origin
A pictograph of the crack that appears when a tortoise shell is burnt: divining fortune.
Stroke order
Compounds
- 卜占ぼくせん
divination
- 卜ううらなう
to divine; to tell fortunes
Example
古代は亀の甲で吉凶を卜った。
In ancient times fortunes were divined with tortoise shells.
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