卜占

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Chinese

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

Pronunciation


Verb

卜占

  1. to practice divination

Noun

卜占

  1. augury; divination; scrying; fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams
  2. fortune or prophecy so told

See also

  • (not to be confused with) 占卜 (zhānbǔ)

Japanese

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

Etymology

Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Chinese 卜占 (bǔzhān).

Pronunciation

Noun

(ぼく)(せん) (bokusen

  1. augury, divination, scrying, fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams
  2. a fortune or prophecy so told

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Derived terms

Verb

(ぼく)(せん)する (bokusen surusuru (stem (ぼく)(せん) (bokusen shi), past (ぼく)(せん)した (bokusen shita))

  1. to augur, to divine, to scry, to tell a fortune, particularly using trigrams

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References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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