卜 — readings, stroke count and radical

Stroke order

Stroke order data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Meaning

divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)

English glosses from KANJIDIC2.

Readings

On (Sino-Japanese)
  • ボク
Kun (native)
  • うらな(う)
  • うらない
Nanori (used in names)
  • うら
Other languages
  • 拼音bu3
  • 拼音bo5
  • 한글bog
  • Hán-ViệtBốc

Basics

Strokes
2 strokes
Radical
卜(ぼく)
JIS level
Level 1
Unicode
U+535C

Components

Components this kanji is made of. Follow them to find similar kanji.

Composition (IDS): left–right ⿰丨丶

Words using this kanji

  • うらfortune-telling, divination
  • ぼくdivining, telling a fortune, predicting, choosing
  • 卜居ぼっきょ場所をでこと。居住地の選定。 場所をで。choosing a homesite by divination
  • 卜者ぼくしゃ占いをする人。易者。卜人。fortune teller, soothsayer, diviner
  • 卜占ぼくせんうらない。fortune-telling, divination, augury
  • 卜筮ぼくぜいや獣の骨を焼いたり、筮竹を用いたりして占うこと。占い。fortunetelling, divination
  • 卜骨ぼっこつfortune-telling using animal bones
  • 卜人ぼくじん占いをする人。易者。卜者。fortune teller, diviner
  • 卜術ぼくじゅつfortune-telling, divination
  • 卜定ぼくじょう亀卜により占い、物事を定めること。 吉凶を占うこと。deciding through (tortoise-shell) divination
  • 卜するぼくするto tell (a person's) fortune, to divine, to choose, to settle upon (a place to live)
  • 卜伝流ぼくでんりゅうShinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)

Words starting with this kanji, most common first.

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Lookup codes

SKIP
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2300.0
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2m0.1
Heisig
2103
Nelson
797