卜筮

Chinese
to divine; foretell; turnip divine by stalk
simp. and trad.
(卜筮)		 卜 筮

Pronunciation

Verb

卜筮

  1. to practice divination; to divine

Usage notes

卜筮 (bǔshì) involves two different types of divination. The first is 卜 (bǔ), or 龜卜／龟卜 (guībǔ), which involves the use of 龜甲／龟甲 (guījiǎ) or 牛骨 (niúgǔ); the second is 筮 (shì), or 占筮 (zhānshì), which involves the use of 蓍草 (shīcǎo).

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
卜 筮
ぼく
Jinmeiyō		 ぜい
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From an Old Chinese compound 卜 (OC *poːɡ) + 筮 (OC *djads)

Noun

卜筮 (hiragana ぼくぜい, rōmaji bokuzei)

  1. fortune-telling or divination using tortoise shell and bamboo divination sticks

Usage notes

卜筮 (ぼくぜい, ​bokuzei) involves two different types of divination. The first is 卜 (ぼく, ​bokuzei), or 亀卜 (きぼく, ​kiboku), which involves the use of tortoise shell 亀の甲 (かめのこう, ​kamenokou); the second is 筮 (ぜい, ​zei), or 占筮 (せんぜい, ​senzei), which involves the use of bamboo divination sticks 筮竹 (ぜいちく, ​zeichiku), or 蓍 (めどぎ, ​medogi).[1]

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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