卜

蔔
bó
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frequent character
used in 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]

Character breakdown

Source: Make Me a Hanzi.

卜 bǔ is a drawing of cracks in a shell or bone used for divination. It first meant the process of cracking such shells or bones. It grew to mean fortune telling, then to guess or choose. The radish sense is a sound loan.

Drawn as: cracks in shell; cracks in bone

卜 as a component in other characters

meaning1 character
卦
sound8 characters
补扑仆赴朴讣钋攴
picture4 characters
外占贞卟
empty3 characters
处卧攴

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Same Characters, Different Readings

卜Bu3
surname Bu
卜bǔ
(bound form) to divine

Homophones

伯bó
father's elder brother, senior
勃bó
flourishing, prosperous, suddenly
博bó
extensive, ample, rich, obtain
薄bó
meager, slight, weak, ungenerous or unkind
柏bó
(used for transcribing names)

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