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Character

卜

bo HSK 7
bǔ HSK 7
卜 bo HSK 7
  • 1. see [萝卜]: annual or biennial herb with an edible cylindrical or round taproot, a common vegetable
Words using 卜 as bo (1)
  • 1 萝卜 luó bo — radish HSK 7
    • 萝 plant/vine component of the word radish
    • 卜 phonetic component completing the word radish
    Example

    妈妈买了一个大萝卜回来。

    mā ma mǎi le yí ge dà luó bo huí lai

    Mom bought a big radish and came back.

卜 bǔ HSK 7
  • 1. divination; foretelling good or bad fortune using tortoise shells, animal bones, or other methods
  • 2. (lit.) to predict; to foretell
  • 3. (lit.) to choose (a location)
  • 4. elderly woman character in Yuan dynasty drama
  • 5. a surname
Words using 卜 as bǔ (1)
  • 1 占卜 zhān bǔ — to divine, to tell fortunes HSK 7
    • 占 to observe signs, to read omens
    • 卜 divination practice, fortune-telling
    Example

    古人常常通过占卜来预测未来。

    gǔ rén cháng cháng tōng guò zhān bǔ lái yù cè wèi lái

    Ancient people often used divination to predict the future.

Structure & writing
卜 bǔ — divination; foretelling good or bad fortune using tortoise shells, animal bones, or other methods
Xpinyin
卜 is a component in 12 characters
HSK 1
下 xià lower position (opposite of 上): ① positioned below (opposite of 上); ② later in order or time; ③ within a certain range, condition, or circumstance 外 wài outside; exterior (opposite of 内/里)
HSK 3
卡 kǎ truck; large freight vehicle 处 chù place; location
HSK 4
盐 yán salt (chemistry): compound composed of metal ions (including ammonium) and acid radicals
HSK 5
卧 wò to lie down 补 bǔ to mend or repair something damaged
HSK 6
扑 pū to lunge forward and throw oneself onto something 朴 pǔ unworked timber; rough wood
HSK 7
仆 pú servant hired to do household chores 卦 guà ancient divination symbol; also the tools or act of divination 赴 fù to go; to proceed to

卜 is an atomic character — it does not decompose further.

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