卜(bǔ)

HSK 7-92 strokes
Readingsbǔbopú

surname Bu

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Character information

Pinyin
bǔ / bo / pú
Meaning
surname Bu
Strokes
2
HSK level
HSK 7-9
Traditional
Same

Origin & structure

Where 卜 comes from and how its parts fit together.

Pictograph⿻丨丶

A crack on an oracle bone

A drawing of the thing it names.

Made of

丨gǔn丶zhǔ

Parts are arranged overlaid.

How to write 卜 step by step

2 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with 卜

Common words using 卜 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhān占bǔ卜
HSK 7-9

to divine

Open 占卜 page →
luó萝bo卜
HSK 7-9

radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon

Open 萝卜 page →
bǔ卜zhàn占

to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future

Open 卜占 page →
bǔ卜guà卦

to divine using the eight trigrams

Open 卜卦 page →
bǔ卜wèn问

to predict by divining; to consult the oracle

Open 卜问 page →
bǔ卜zhòu昼bǔ卜yè夜

day and night (to toil, to abandon oneself to pleasure etc)

Open 卜昼卜夜 page →
jí吉bǔ卜sài赛rén人

Gypsy

Open 吉卜赛人 page →
dà大luó萝bo卜

see 白萝卜

Open 大萝卜 page →

Related characters

More HSK 7-9 characters

丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 卜’s common words

占萝卦问昼夜吉赛

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