Memory phrase for the character: 卜

卜

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Meaning

to divine, to forecast or estimate, turnip

Pronunciation

bo, bǔ

Explanation

Mnemonic

Developed from the crack in the shell of a turtle, from which it was divined.

Radicals

卜

oracle, mysticism

This radical is considered to be a simplification of: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.). Sometimes it is read as a forking of a road.

Vocabulary

卜辞	bǔ cí	oracle inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC) on tortoiseshells or animal bones
萝卜	luó bo	radish
胡萝卜	hú luó bo	carrot
胡萝卜素	hú luó bo sù	carotene

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