卜占
Chinese edit
to divine; foretell; turnip | to divine | ||
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simp. and trad. (卜占) |
卜 | 占 | |
anagram | 占卜 |
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
卜占
Noun edit
卜占
- augury; divination; scrying; fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams
- fortune or prophecy so told
See also edit
- (not to be confused with) 占卜 (zhānbǔ)
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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卜 | 占 |
ぼく Jinmeiyō |
せん Grade: S |
on’yomi |
Etymology edit
Sinitic. Date of borrowing unknown. Compare modern Chinese 卜占 (bǔzhān).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- augury, divination, scrying, fortune-telling, particularly using trigrams
- a fortune or prophecy so told
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- 卜占官 (bokusenkan): a public augur or fortuneteller in ancient Rome
- 卜占術 (bokusenjutsu): divination technique
Verb edit
卜占する • (bokusen suru) suru (stem 卜占し (bokusen shi), past 卜占した (bokusen shita))
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of "卜占する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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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 edit
References edit
Further reading edit
- Divination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia