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fortune telling 卜
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| Explanation |
This radical bukunoto is also used in the radical 占.
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Used in these characters:
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下
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| downwards, bottom
shita, sagaru, oriru, KA, GE
一
卜
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Shows the ground 一 and a plant root underneath 卜 expressing downwards (opposite of 上)
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上
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JLPT 5Joyo 1 |
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| upper side, up
ue, kami, uwa, noboru, agaru, JŌ
一
卜
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Ground 一 with a growing plant 卜 (opposite of 下)
From the horizontal line, a plant is directed upwards.
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外
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| outside, other, undo
soto, hoka, hazusu, GAI, GE
夕
卜
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Left: evening 夕 (= crescent moon 月) right: forking/parting of the ways 卜
If you are (alone) in the evening at a fork of the road, you are an outsider.
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店
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JLPT 5Joyo 2 |
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| shop, store, booth, kiosk
mise, tana, TEN
广
占
卜
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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.
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点
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JLPT 3Joyo 2 |
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| point, dot, spot
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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!
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掛
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| cost, hang, hook, be connected
kakari, kakaru/keru,
扌
圭
卜
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From left: hand 扌, 圭 (2x piled earth 土, as in street 街), fortune telling 卜 (here: a wall with a hook for hanging, e.g. a wardrobe)
When the hand piles up earth such that you can hang something on it like at a wardrobe, this causes costs.
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占
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JLPT 2Joyo 7 |
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| fortune-telling, divine, occupy, hold
uranau, shi meru, SEN
卜
占
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Crack ト in the shell 口 of a turtle used for divination.
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卓
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| eminent, excellent, table
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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.
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貞
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| chastity, virtue
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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.
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偵
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| spy, investigate, search
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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 such virtuous is probably a spy.
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悼
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| grieve, mourn
itamu, TŌ
忄
卜
早
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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.
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粘
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| sticky, adhesive, viscosity, glutinous
nebaru, NEN
米
占
卜
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Left: rice 米, right: divine 占 (crack 卜 of a turtle shell 口 used for divination)
(Making the very sticky and sweet mochi 餅) The rice 米 is pounded with a pestle 卜 in a mortar 口/臼 until it becomes sticky.
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赴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| proceed, go, become, face facts
omomuku, FU
走
卜
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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.
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朴
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JLPT 1Joyo 7 |
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| crude, rough, simple, magnolia
hō, BOKU
木
卜
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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.
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貼
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| sticky, paste, adhere
haru, CHŪ
貝
占
卜
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Left: shell/money 貝 (here: snail), right: fortune telling 占 (compare sticky 粘, where sticky mochi 餅 is made by pounding rice 米 with a pestle 卜 in a mortar 口/臼.
The trail of a snail and also the contents of the mortar are sticky.
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訃
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JLPT -Joyo 7 |
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| obituary, news of so.'s death
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Left: word 言 (sound waves out of mouth 口), right: divine 卜
Words are predictable (= divinable) in an obituary.
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