卜占

Chinese

to divine; foretell; turnip to divine
simp. and trad.
(卜占)
anagram 占卜

Pronunciation


Verb

卜占

  1. to practice divination

Noun

卜占

  1. augury; divination; scrying; fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams
  2. fortune or prophecy so told

See also

  • (not to be confused with) 占卜 (zhānbǔ)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
ぼく
Jinmeiyō
せん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Chinese 卜占 (bǔzhān).

Pronunciation

  • On’yomi
    • IPA(key): [bo̞kɯ̟ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]
  • On'yomi
  • IPA(key): [bo̞kɯᵝsẽ̞ɴ], [bo̞kɯ̥ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

卜占 (hiragana ぼくせん, rōmaji bokusen)

  1. augury, divination, scrying, fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams
  2. a fortune or prophecy so told

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

卜占する (suru conjugation, hiragana ぼくせんする, rōmaji bokusen suru)

  1. to augur, to divine, to scry, to tell a fortune, particularly using trigrams

Conjugation

Synonyms

See also

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