懂中文 Dong Chinese

卟

bǔ

a chemical compound

To speak 口 of the future 卜; 卜 also provides the pronunciation

Components
口 meaning component

口  Meaning component

kǒu

  

mouth

卜 sound,meaning component

卜  Sound Meaning component

bo, bǔ

  

fortune telling

Evolution

卟 Bronze script Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)

Bronze script

Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
卟 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
卟 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

卟  

bǔ

a chemical compound; divination; to consider; see 卟啉, porphyrin; see 卟吩, porphin

Most common words with 卟
Freq.
Word
Meaning

卟

see 卟啉, porphyrin

卟啉

porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword)