卜筮

Chinese
to divine; foretell; turnip divine by stalk
trad. (卜筮) 卜 筮
simp. #(卜筮) 卜 筮

Pronunciation

Rime
Character 卜 筮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial (聲) 幫 (1) 常 (25)
Final (韻) 東 (3) 祭 (35)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division (等) I III
Fanqie 博木切 時制切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /puk̚/ /d͡ʑiᴇiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /puk̚/ /d͡ʑiɛiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /puk̚/ /d͡ʑjæiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /pəwk̚/ /d͡ʑiajH/
Li
Rong		 /puk̚/ /ʑiɛiH/
Wang
Li		 /puk̚/ /ʑĭɛiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /puk̚/ /ʑi̯ɛiH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 bu shì
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex		 buk1 sai6
Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 卜 筮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 bǔ shì
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ puwk › ‹ dzyejH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*pˁok/ /*[d][e][t]-s/
English divine (v.) divine by Achillea stalks

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 卜 筮
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 998 11658
Phonetic
component		 卜 筮
Rime
group		 屋 祭
Rime
subdivision		 0 1
Corresponding
MC rime		 卜 逝
Old
Chinese		 /*poːɡ/ /*djads/

Verb

卜筮

  1. to practice divination; to divine
    如實論之，卜筮不問天地，蓍龜未必神靈。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    如实论之，卜筮不问天地，蓍龟未必神灵。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
    From: Wang Chong, Lun Heng (Discussive Weighing), 80 CE
    Rúshí lùn zhī, bǔshì bùwèn tiāndì, shīguī wèibì shénlíng. [Pinyin]
    (please add an English translation of this example)

Usage notes

卜筮 (bǔshì) involves two different types of divination. The first is 卜 (bǔ), or 龜卜／龟卜 (guībǔ), which involves the use of 龜甲／龟甲 (guījiǎ) or 牛骨 (niúgǔ); the second is 筮 (shì), or 占筮 (zhānshì), which involves the use of 蓍草 (shīcǎo).

Descendants
Sino-Xenic (卜筮):
  • → Japanese: 卜筮(ぼくぜい) (bokuzei)

Japanese

Etymology
Kanji in this term
卜 筮
ぼく
Jinmeiyō		 ぜい
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

From an Old Chinese compound 卜 (OC *poːɡ) + 筮 (OC *djads).

Noun

卜(ぼく)筮(ぜい) • (bokuzei) 

  1. fortune-telling or divination using tortoise shell and bamboo divination sticks

Usage notes

卜筮 (ぼくぜい, ​bokuzei) involves two different types of divination. The first is 卜 (ぼく, ​boku), or 亀卜 (きぼく, ​kiboku), which involves the use of tortoise shell 亀の甲 (かめのこう, ​kamenokou); the second is 筮 (ぜい, ​zei), or 占筮 (せんぜい, ​senzei), which involves the use of bamboo divination sticks 筮竹 (ぜいちく, ​zeichiku), or 蓍 (めどぎ, ​medogi).[1]

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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