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卜人 (ぼくじん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

卜ぼく人じん

Meanings

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noun

fortune teller; diviner

A person who practices divination or fortune-telling, often using traditional methods like Chinese astrology or hexagrams.

彼かれは有ゆう名めいな卜ぼく人じんで、多おおくの人ひとが相そう談だんに来くる。
He is a famous fortune teller, and many people come to consult him.

Kanji

卜divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
人person

Similar words

占うらない師し
占い師 is a more common, general term for fortune teller, while 卜人 is a more formal or traditional term specifically associated with divination methods like 易 (eki).

Etymology

Compound of 卜 (boku, 'divination') and 人 (jin, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term is conventionally associated with practitioners of traditional Chinese-derived divination.