Mnemonic comic for 卜

Translation

bǔ = bu + Ø3: (bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose

Mnemonic

Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff. Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.

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All translations for 卜

卜

bǔ = bu + Ø3

(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose

卜 = 丨 + 丶 : Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.

Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.

卜

蔔

bo = b + o5

see 蘿蔔|萝卜[luo2 bo5]

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卜 character breakdown

卜
- 丨
- 丶

丨

gǔn = gu + (e)n3

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Gitta Giraffe (gu-) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3).

丨

shù = shu + Ø4

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

Mnemonic symbol: a dinosaur bone. Sheldon Shrimp (shu) found a gorgeous dinosaur bone (丨) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4) and is cracking it open to eat its bone marrow.

丶

zhǔ = zhu + Ø3

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

This character shall be represented by a petal (丶) when appearing in other characters.

Julian Giant Squid (zhu) is napping in the space station's living room (Ø3) and hugging a petal (丶).

Characters with 卜 as component

贞

貞

zhe̅n = zh + (e)n1

chaste

贞 = ⺊ + 贝 : Mnemonic symbol: a girdle of chastity. James II of England (zh) wants to get rid of his girdle of chastity (贞). In front of the encampment ((e)n1) he asks the crab (贝) to destroy the girdle, but the crab waves with a pennant (⺊) instead to alarm the royal guard.

窃

竊

qiè = qi + e4

to steal / secretly / (humble) I

窃 = 切 + 穴 : The Queen of Hearts (qi) is stealing (窃) the cave paintings (穴) in the elevator's bathroom (e4) by cutting (切) them off the wall.

圤

pú = pu + Ø2

variant of 墣, clod or lump of earth

圤 = 土 + 卜 : In the space station's kitchen (Ø2) Petra Penguin (pu) is beating a pile of dirt (土) with a voodoo staff (卜) to give it some form and make it into a round lump of earth (圤).

虍

hu̅ = hu + Ø1

stripes of a tiger / "tiger" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 141)

虍 = 卜 + 厂 + 七 : Helga Horse wants some stripes badly. She's starting a Voodoo ceremony in front of the space station. With the help of her Voodoo staff, she summons a chocolate factory. She dips a seven-branched laser sword into the chocolate and paints zebra stripes on her body with it.

攴

pu̅ = pu + Ø1

to tap / to knock lightly / old variant of 撲|扑[pu1]

攴 = ⺊ + 又 : Mnemonic symbol: a door knocker. Petra Penguin (pu) locked herself out of the space station (Ø1). She tries to get the others' attention by waving with a pennant (⺊) and knocking (攴) against the window with a boxing glove (又). Finally she uses a door knocker (攴) to knock on the door.

卢

盧

lú = lu + Ø2

(old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy

卢 = ⺊ + 尸 : Mnemonic symbol: a ruby.

Lenny Lemur (lu) discovered that there is a ghost (尸) floating through the space station's kitchen (Ø2) every night. Lenny started to camp the ghost and shoot the pennant (⺊) at the top of its head with an arrow to sell the pennant shards for a lot of rubies (卢).

卢

盧

lú = lu + Ø2

surname Lu / abbr. for Luxembourg 盧森堡|卢森堡[Lu2 sen1 bao3]

卞

biàn = bi + an4

surname Bian

卞

biàn = bi + an4

hurried

讣

訃