bǔ​lín

porphyrin

bǔ, jī a chemical compound

To speak  of the future  also provides the pronunciation

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth
SoundMeaning component
bo fortune telling

Character Evolution

Bronze form
Bronze Early Western Zhou ~1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangkiː
kʰiːʔ

說文解字

卜以問疑也。从口、卜。讀與稽同。《書》云“卟疑”。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

lín, lán, lèn stupid

Components

Meaning component
kǒu, kou mouth

mouth

Sound component
lín forest

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangɡ·ruːm

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang