卜筮

Chinese

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

Pronunciation



Rime
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Initial () (1) (25)
Final () (3) (35)
Tone (調) Checked (Ø) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open Open
Division () I III
Fanqie
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
BaxterSagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character
Reading # 1/1 1/1
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)
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
Reading # 1/1 1/1
No. 998 11658
Phonetic
component
Rime
group
Rime
subdivision
0 1
Corresponding
MC rime
Old
Chinese
/*poːɡ/ /*djads/

Verb

卜筮

  1. to practice divination; to divine
    如實卜筮不問天地蓍龜未必神靈 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
    如实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 (), or 龜卜龟卜 (guībǔ), which involves the use of 龜甲龟甲 (guījiǎ) or 牛骨 (niúgǔ); the second is (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
ぼく
Jinmeiyō
ぜい
Hyōgaiji
on’yomi

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

Noun

(ぼく)(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 (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 (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 (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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