卜占

Chinese
to divine; foretell; turnip to divine
simp. and trad.
(卜占)		 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
卜 占
ぼく
Jinmeiyō		 せん
Grade: S
on’yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぼくせん [bòkúséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞kɯ̟̊ᵝsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

卜(ぼく)占(せん) • (bokusen) 

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Verb

卜(ぼく)占(せん)する • (bokusen suru) suru (stem 卜(ぼく)占(せん)し (bokusen shi), past 卜(ぼく)占(せん)した (bokusen shita))

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

Conjugation
Conjugation of "卜占する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 卜占し ぼくせんし bokusen shi
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 卜占し ぼくせんし bokusen shi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 卜占する ぼくせんする bokusen suru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 卜占する ぼくせんする bokusen suru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 卜占すれ ぼくせんすれ bokusen sure
Meireikei ("imperative") 卜占せよ¹
卜占しろ²		 ぼくせんせよ¹
ぼくせんしろ²		 bokusen seyo¹
bokusen shiro²
Key constructions
Passive 卜占される ぼくせんされる bokusen sareru
Causative 卜占させる
卜占さす		 ぼくせんさせる
ぼくせんさす		 bokusen saseru
bokusen sasu
Potential 卜占できる ぼくせんできる bokusen dekiru
Volitional 卜占しよう ぼくせんしよう bokusen shiyō
Negative 卜占しない ぼくせんしない bokusen shinai
Negative continuative 卜占せず ぼくせんせず bokusen sezu
Formal 卜占します ぼくせんします bokusen shimasu
Perfective 卜占した ぼくせんした bokusen shita
Conjunctive 卜占して ぼくせんして bokusen shite
Hypothetical conditional 卜占すれば ぼくせんすれば bokusen sureba
¹ Written imperative

² Spoken imperative

Synonyms

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

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