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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *bhōk
Meaning: measure; predict
Tibetan: dpogs (p. dpags, f. dpag) to measure, to proportion, to fix.
Lushai: būk to measure, compare.
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Character: 卜
Modern (Beijing) reading: bǔ [pú] [bū] [+bó]
Preclassic Old Chinese: pōk
Classic Old Chinese: pōk
Western Han Chinese: pōk
Eastern Han Chinese: pōk
Early Postclassic Chinese: pōk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: pōk
Late Postclassic Chinese: pwōk
Middle Chinese: puk
Fanqie: 補屋
Rhyme class: 屋
English meaning : divine by bone or tortoise shell oracle
Russian meaning[s]: 1) гадать; гадание; 2) предвидеть, знать заранее; предвиденное; 3) уст. выбирать по гаданию (напр. место жилья, соседей, службу); 4) Бу (фамилия)
Shuowen gloss: 灼剝龜也. 象灸龜之形. 一曰. 象龜兆之從橫也. 凡卜之屬皆從卜.
Radical: 25
Four-angle index: 1953
Karlgren code: 1210 a-d
Shijing occurrences: 50.2, 58.2
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