The Japanese Radical: 卜


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Meaning
fortune telling    卜

Explanation This radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.

Used in these characters:
JLPT 5Joyo 1
downwards, bottom
shita, sagaru, oriru, KA, GE

Shows the ground 一 and a plant root underneath 卜 expressing downwards (opposite of 上)  
JLPT 5Joyo 1
upper side, up
ue, kami, uwa, noboru, agaru,
Ground 一 with a growing plant 卜 (opposite of 下)
From the horizontal line, a plant is directed upwards.  
JLPT 5Joyo 2
outside, other, undo
soto, hoka, hazusu, GAI, GE
Left: evening 夕 (= crescent moon) right: forking/parting of the ways 卜
If you are (alone) in the evening at a fork in the road, you are an outsider.  
JLPT 5Joyo 2
shop, store, booth, kiosk
mise, tana, TEN
广
Top: building 广, below: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle, from which the furtune was told. - Here: a key with the teeth 卜 and the handle 口)
The building that is locked with a key is: a shop.  
JLPT 3Joyo 2
point, dot, spot
TEN
Top: fortune telling 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told) bottom: fire 灬
Fortune telling over the fire: There you get to the point!  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
cost, hang, hook, be connected
kakari, kakaru/keru,
From left: hand 扌, 圭 (2x earth 土), divine 卜 (crack in a turtle shell used for divination)
A hand with an earth mound can divine where it will hang and how much it will cost.  
JLPT 2Joyo 7
fortune-telling, divine, occupy, hold
uranau, shimeru, SEN

Crack ト in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
eminent, excellent, table
TAKU
Top: divination 占 (crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast 早 (When the (rising 旦) sun 日 is at the marked spot 丶 at the horizon 一, it is still early.)
(Already at breakfast he realized the problem:) The divination came up early that a table would be excellent.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
chastity, virtue
TEI
Top: divine 卜, bottom: shell/money 貝. Here: 貞操帯 [ていそうたい] means chastity belt
With a key 卜 for the lock 目 above the legs 八 for: the chastity.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
spy, investigate, search
TEI
Left: person 人, right: virtue 貞 (cf. chastity belt 貞操帯 [ていそうたい] - With a key 卜 for the lock 目 above the legs 八 for: the chastity/virtue)
A person who appears with such virtuous is probably a spy.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
grieve, mourn
itamu,
Left: feeling 忄 right: table, excellent 卓 (It was divined 卜 early 早, that a table would be excellent)
Feelings are 'on the table' when sb. is mourning.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
sticky, adhesive, viscosity, glutinous
nebaru, NEN
Left: rice 米, right: divine 占 (crack 卜 of a turtle shell 口 used for divination)
Rice is good for divination, if it is sticky.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
proceed, go, become, face facts
omomuku, FU
Left: run 走 (On the earth 土 feet 足 must run), right: divine 卜 (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination) - Here with a certain similarity with the forking of ways 岐
Go along the forking 卜 and you will proceed and become sb.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
crude, rough, simple, magnolia
, BOKU
Left: tree 木, right: divine 卜 (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination)
A tree can be used for divining only in the crude way.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
sticky, paste, adhere
haru, CHŪ
Left: shell/money 貝, right: fortune telling 占 (Crack 卜 in the shell 口 of a turtle from which the fortune was told.)
Money from fortune telling has sth. sticky.  
JLPT -Joyo 7
obituary, news of so.'s death
FU
Left: word 言 (sound waves out of mouth 口), right: divine 卜
Words are predictable (= divinable) in an obituary.  

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