Read Edit View history Discussion 卜 bobǔ HSK7 fortune telling Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint Pictograph of a crack on a bone. In ancient China such cracks were used for fortune-telling. Pinyin Separate values with commas bo × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas 卜 × Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas 卜 ×蔔 × Add Variant Of Components No items. + Add component Stroke Data 卜 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 414, 805 ], [ 446, 781 ], [ 472, 746 ], [ 470, 293 ], [ 455, 58 ], [ 458, -40 ] ], [ [ 553, 520 ], [ 661, 479 ], [ 753, 435 ], [ 794, 405 ], [ 818, 372 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 418 80 Q 406 41 436 -32 Q 443 -51 452 -55 Q 459 -62 467 -53 Q 497 -32 496 37 Q 495 89 497 567 Q 497 666 515 733 Q 525 749 521 765 Q 514 775 451 812 Q 426 831 402 813 Q 396 807 404 791 Q 434 749 441 652 Q 450 250 429 129 Q 425 105 418 80 Z", "M 558 499 Q 657 448 780 371 Q 804 353 821 353 Q 831 354 837 367 Q 846 386 820 430 Q 783 493 551 533 Q 539 536 540 522 Q 544 506 558 499 Z" ] } 2 strokes 卜 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 414, 805 ], [ 446, 781 ], [ 472, 746 ], [ 470, 293 ], [ 455, 58 ], [ 458, -40 ] ], [ [ 553, 520 ], [ 661, 479 ], [ 753, 435 ], [ 794, 405 ], [ 818, 372 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 418 80 Q 406 41 436 -32 Q 443 -51 452 -55 Q 459 -62 467 -53 Q 497 -32 496 37 Q 495 89 497 567 Q 497 666 515 733 Q 525 749 521 765 Q 514 775 451 812 Q 426 831 402 813 Q 396 807 404 791 Q 434 749 441 652 Q 450 250 429 129 Q 425 105 418 80 Z", "M 558 499 Q 657 448 780 371 Q 804 353 821 353 Q 831 354 837 367 Q 846 386 820 430 Q 783 493 551 533 Q 539 536 540 522 Q 544 506 558 499 Z" ] } 2 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.