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卜 - bo

fortune telling; prophesy

fortune telling; prophesy

How to read 卜

Click 卜 to hear Mandarin pronunciation. Use the example words before memorizing it in isolation.

Hanzi
Traditional
Pinyinbo
Englishfortune telling; prophesy
Radical hint

Short sentences you can say today

卜占 is a common expression. I can make a sentence with 卜卦. Please read 卜问 one more time.

Common words with this character

to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future
to divine using the eight trigrams
to predict by divining; to consult the oracle
to choose a capital by divination; to choose a home; to choose one's burial place by divination

Mistake warning

Do not memorize 卜 only as an isolated symbol. Read it inside words like 卜占 and 卜卦 first, then come back to the single-character pronunciation.

Original example sentence

I am learning the character 卜.