bǔ
a chemical compound
To speak 口 of the future 卜; 卜 also provides the pronunciation
Evolution
Bronze script
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Seal script
Shuowen (~100 AD)Regular script
ModernMost common words with 卟
Freq. | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
see 卟啉, porphyrin | ||
porphyrin (organic chemical essential to hemoglobin and chlorophyll) (loanword) |