phonetic map : 卜 bǔ

goulnik
October 19, 2008, 07:36 AM posted in General Discussion

@ 卜

bu
to mend; fill; nourish
补衣 bǔyī to patch clothes
补救 bǔjiù v./n. remedy
to foretell; predict
卜卦 bǔguà to divine (八卦, hexagrams)
fu
to go to; attend
赴会 fùhuì to attend a meeting
obituary
讣告 fùgào announcement of sb.'s death
pu
to beat; pat; tap
扑灭 pūmiè to extinguish
simple; plain
朴素 pǔsù simple; plain; frugal
to fall forward
颠仆 diānpū to fall (down / into disgrace)
bo
bo .
萝卜 luóbo n. radish; turnip
po
hackberry
朴树 pòshù Chinese hackberry
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changye
October 04, 2008, 05:55 PM

In a sense, should be the starting point of 甲骨文. In oracle bone scripts (甲骨文), the shape of indicates made-by-heat cracks in a bone, by which people did fortune-telling more than three thousand years ago in ancient China. The oracle bone scripts were used mainly for keeping records of divination.

P/S. 朴 is also pronounced as "piao2" when it means  a surname.

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henning
October 13, 2008, 01:55 PM

CSV-list (for the import to Flashcard apps; "@" is delimeter):

仆@pū@to fall forward
卜@bǔ; bo@bǔ: to foretell; predict; to foretell; predict
卜卦@bǔguà@to divine (八卦, hexagrams)
扑@pū@to beat; pat; tap
扑灭@pūmiè@to extinguish
朴@pǔ; pǔpò@pǔ: simple; plain; simple; plain - pò: hackberry
朴树@pòshù@Chinese hackberry
朴素@pǔsù@simple; plain; frugal
萝卜@luóbo@n. radish; turnip
补@bǔ@to mend; fill; nourish
补救@bǔjiù@v./n. remedy
补衣@bǔyī@to patch clothes
讣@fù@obituary
讣告@fùgào@announcement of sb.'s death
赴@fù@to go to; attend
赴会@fùhuì@to attend a meeting
颠仆@diānpū@to fall (down / into disgrace)