卜 — kanji meaning “divining”
卜
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
- Meanings
- divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
- On'yomi
- ボク (boku)
- Kun'yomi
- うらな.う、うらない
- Name readings
- うら
- Strokes
- 2
- School grade
- 9
- Classical radical
- 25
- Chinese reading
- bǔ, bo — Chinese character page
Words with 卜
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占卜 | せんぼく senboku | divination; fortunetelling; soothsaying |
| 売卜 | ばいぼく baiboku | fortunetelling (as an occupation) |
| 卜居 | ぼっきょ bokkyo | choosing a homesite by divination |
| 卜者 | ぼくしゃ bokusha | fortune teller; soothsayer; diviner |
| 卜占 | ぼくせん bokusen | fortune-telling; divination; augury |
| 卜筮 | ぼくぜい bokuzei | fortunetelling; divination |
| 亀卜 | きぼく kiboku | tortoise-shell divination (in ancient China and Japan) |
| 卜する | ぼくする bokusuru | to tell (a person's) fortune; to divine |
| 卜骨 | ぼっこつ bokkotsu | fortune-telling using animal bones |
| 卜伝流 | ぼくでんりゅう bokudenryuu | Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu) |
| 卜人 | ぼくじん bokujin | fortune teller; diviner |
| 卜術 | ぼくじゅつ bokujutsu | fortune-telling; divination |
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