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

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luó萝bo卜
HSK 7-9

radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon

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bǔ卜zhàn占

to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future

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bǔ卜guà卦

to divine using the eight trigrams

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bǔ卜wèn问

to predict by divining; to consult the oracle

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dà大luó萝bo卜

see 白萝卜

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yì易bǔ卜shēng生

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906), Norwegian dramatist, author of Doll's House 玩偶之家

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bái白luó萝bo卜

daikon; white radish (Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus)

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丁丐丘丙丛丝丫丸

From 卜’s common words

占萝卦问大易生白

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