卜	356B05   22.22	部居	畫數  2	ㄅㄨˇ [bu3] .
N	(1)  Divination: 卜卦先生，賣卜先生 fortuneteller; 求神問卜 pray and consult oracle. (2)  A surname.
V	(1)  To divine: 卜卦，卜課 [bu3gua4], [bu3ke4]↓. (2)  To predict, foretell: 勝負難卜 difficult to tell who will win; 吉凶未卜 cannot predict the outcome, good or bad; 未可預卜 cannot foretell; 未卜先知 to know without consulting oracle. (3)  To choose (with or without divination): 卜居 place for residence; 卜鄰 choose neighborhood; 卜宅 choose house or tomb site; 卜老 choose place for retirement; 卜畫卜夜 phr., (AC) day and night without cease.
Words	1.卜卦 [bu3gua4], n. & v.i., divine, divination by the eight diagrams (八卦 80.80).  2.卜課 [bu3ke4], n., art of divination; a session at the divination.  3.卜數 [bu3shu4], n. & v.i., art of fortunetelling; augur.  4.卜筮 [bu3shi4], v.i. & n., to divine by tortoise shell or straw, now used as gen. term for fortunetelling.  5.卜算 [bu3suan4], n. & v.i., see [bu3shu4]↑.  6.卜辭 [bu3ci2], n., the oracle as shown on tortoise shell in Shang Dyn.