卜

卜 is a Japanese kanji, listed here under the keyword “divining rod”. It is treated as a basic building block: it is not broken down any further here. It appears as a component in 17 other characters in this index.

Keyword: divining rod
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): ボク
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): うらな.う, うらない
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: augury, divination, magic wand, гадание стержня, toe
Same glyph as a simplified Chinese hanzi: 卜 fortune telling

Decomposition

No decomposition is listed: this shape is used whole.

Characters that contain 卜

占 fortune-telling
上 above
下 below
卓 eminent
貞 upright
外 outside
朴 crude
訃 obituary
赴 proceed
掛 hang
虎 tiger
虞 uneasiness
慮 prudence
罫 ruled lines
驢 donkey
鹵 rocksalt
叡 sapience

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