卜筮

Chinese
to divine; foretell; turnip divine by stalk
trad. (卜筮) 卜 筮
simp. #(卜筮) 卜 筮

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 卜 筮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 屋 (3) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 博木切 時制切
Baxter puwk dzyejH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /puk̚/ /d͡ʑiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /puk̚/ /d͡ʑiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /puk̚/ /d͡ʑjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pəwk̚/ /d͡ʑiajH/
Li
Rong		 /puk̚/ /ʑiɛiH/
Wang
Li		 /puk̚/ /ʑĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /puk̚/ /ʑi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bu shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 buk1 sai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 卜 筮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bǔ shì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ puwk › ‹ dzyejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pˁok/ /*[d][e][t]-s/
English divine (v.) divine by Achillea stalks

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卜 筮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 998 11658
Phonetic
component		 卜 筮
Rime
group		 屋 祭
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 卜 逝
Old
Chinese		 /*poːɡ/ /*djads/

Verb

卜筮

  1. to practice divination; to divine

Usage notes

卜筮 (bǔshì) involves two different types of divination. The first is 卜 (bǔ), or 龜卜／龟卜 (guībǔ), which involves the use of 龜甲／龟甲 (guījiǎ) or 牛骨 (niúgǔ); the second is 筮 (shì), or 占筮 (zhānshì), which involves the use of 蓍草 (shīcǎo).

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (卜筮):
  • → Japanese: 卜筮(ぼくぜい) (bokuzei)

Japanese
Kanji in this term
卜 筮
ぼく
Jinmeiyō		 ぜい
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) ぼくぜー [bòkúzéé] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA(key): [bo̞kɯ̟ᵝze̞ː]

Noun

卜(ぼく)筮(ぜい) • (bokuzei) 

  1. fortune-telling or divination using tortoise shell and bamboo divination sticks

Usage notes

卜筮(ぼくぜい) (bokuzei) involves two different types of divination. The first is 卜(ぼく) (boku), or 亀(き)卜(ぼく) (kiboku), which involves the use of tortoise shells; the second is 筮(ぜい) (zei), or 占筮(せんぜい) (senzei), which involves the use of bamboo divination sticks 筮竹(ぜいちく) (zeichiku), or 蓍(めどぎ) (medogi).[1]

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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