卜 bǔ, bo, pú — to divine; to practise divination; to augur
卜
Traditional:
蔔
bǔ bu3
Basic definition
Detailed explanation
verb
- (象形。甲骨文字形，象龟甲烧过后出现的裂纹形。汉字部首之一，从“卜”的字多与占卜有关。本义:占卜)
- divine e.g 卜一课 · 卜正 · 卜人 · 卜师
- choose e.g 卜居 卜郊 · 卜老 · 卜地
- bestow on;give
- predict e.g 卜度 · 卜揆
onomatopoeia
- 形容连续不断的响声 e.g 卜卜 · 卜通 · 卜楞
noun
- diviner
- old woman in opera
- 姓
bo bo5
Basic definition
- noun used in 萝卜 (luóbo, radish) e.g 萝卜
Detailed explanation
- noun 蔔 bo
- noun ——见“萝卜”
pú pu2
Basic definition
- noun (old) servant
Related words
- 萝卜 radish; turnip; white radish
- 未卜 unpredictable; uncertain; foreboding
- 胡萝卜 carrot
- 占卜 divination; augury; to practise divination
- 胡萝卜素 carotene
- 卜卦 to cast a hexagram; divination; to read the oracle
- 吉卜赛人 Gypsy; Roma people
- 卜筮 divination by tortoise or stalks
- 预卜 to predict; to foretell
- 问卜 to consult an oracle; to divine
- 萝卜花 a white corneal scar; (also) a radish carved into a flower garnish
- 小萝卜 small radish; cherry radish
- 卜辞 oracle bone inscriptions
- 未卜先知 to foresee without divination; clairvoyant
- 生死未卜 life or death unknown; the outcome is uncertain
- 卜居 (literary) to choose a place to live
- 求签问卜 to draw lots and consult oracles; to seek divination
- 前途未卜 future uncertain; unpredictable