占卜

Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

占卜

  1. to divine; to practice divination

Derived terms


Japanese

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

Etymology

Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Chinese 占卜 (zhānbǔ).

Pronunciation

  • On'yomi
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞ɴbo̞kɯᵝ], [sẽ̞ɴbo̞kɯ̥ᵝ]

Noun

占卜 (hiragana せんぼく, rōmaji senboku)

  1. Alternate for 卜占 (bokusen): augury, divination, fortune-telling
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