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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

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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

Noun

(せん)(ぼく) (senboku

  1. alternative form of 卜占 (bokusen)

References

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