不
不 character breakdown
(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.
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.
Characters with 不 as component
Words with 不
lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices
three days without a beating, and a child will scale the roof to rip the tiles (idiom) / spare the rod, spoil the child
to have a silver tongue / to have the gift of the gab
better kept under the table (idiom) / not to be disclosed / too inferior to show in public
too uncouth to appear in public (idiom) / unfit for a public role
(idiom) lacking in social grace and unfit to be a representative
to know nothing about the beginning, the middle or the end / to know nothing at all