占卜

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

Synonyms

  • (Muping Mandarin) 打卦算命

Derived terms

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

  • (Tokyo) んぼく [sèńbókú] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [sẽ̞mbo̞kɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

(せん)(ぼく) • (senboku) 

  1. Alternative form of 卜占 (bokusen)

References

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