one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
朴朴RS | | simple, unadorned, sincere, oak, salpeter | - simple tree 木 which can be used by a fortuneteller 卜
- a grove 林 but the right side trees are simpler 卜
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掛掛RS 挂挂 | | hang, suspend, suspense | - hand 扌 of the fortune teller 卜 in which the fate of somebody is hanging during the fortune telling ceremony 卦
- ⓢ object 圭 hanging in a hand 扌
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卦卦RS | | fortune telling, tell fortunes | - a fortune teller 卜 performing a ceremony 圭
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攴攴RS | 攵 | rap, tap, knock, rad. 66 | - the fortuneteller 卜 knocks with his hand 又 at your door
- 夂: hand 又 using a short branch 𠂉 to tap
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僕僕RS 仆仆 | | slave, servant, I | - person 亻 boasting about himself when he used to be a slave carrying things through the thicket 菐
- person 亻 subservient to the fortuneteller 卜
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赴赴RS | | go to, attend, be present | - go 走 to the fortunetelling 卜 ceremony
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訃訃RS 讣讣 | | obituary, give notice of death | - fortunetelling 卜 pronouncing 言 the death of someone
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卓卓RS | 𢂦龺 | profound, brilliant, lofty, eminent | - man bowing 匕 profoundly and as the first 早 one before an eminent and brilliant person (卜): his knowledge reaches lofty heights
- RS. a man 𠂉 above the rising sun 早: lofty
- looks like a child 早 with a stick ⺊ on top : tall
| 優; 几 机; 悼 |
補補RS 补补 | | repair, supplement, supply, nutritious, help, appoint to | - clothes 衤 where something can grow through 甫 needs repair with a supply of cloth by a man 卜
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外外RS | 𡖄 | out, outside, external, foreign | - to read the heavenly sign 夕 the fortune teller 卜 has to go outside; old variant 𡖄: from 夕 and 𠁡
- person 卜 under the moon 夕: she's outside
| 他; 撤 除; 抜 |
卜卜RS | 𠁡 | fortune telling, prophesy | - lit. burned turtle shells were used by fortune tellers. After burning cracks 卜𠁡 appeared from which the fortune was told
| 易 卓 貞 上 占 掛 赴 朴 外 下 |
處處RS 处处 | 処 | place, locale, department, dispose, sentence, punish | - RS. the sound of the tiger 虍/虎 as it stands up 儿 and walks around 夂 from it's resting place 處 → 処 → 处 (sentenced to life in a zoo)
- ⓢ person 亻 standing 儿 up from his place and walking 夂 and dispose of something (sentenced to life in prison)
- ⓢ place where a prophecy 卜 says one goes 夂 to live
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占占RS | | divine, observe, versify, occupy | - lit. oral 口 divination after observing cracks 卜; the fortuneteller occupied the highest social position
- con. fortuneteller
| 営; 就; 易; 店 粘 点
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撲撲RS 扑扑 | | pound, beat, strike, attack | - hand 扌 beating away the vegetation while going through it 菐
- hand 扌 of the fortuneteller 卜 beating the skull of an animal
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