Keyword
crooked divining rod
Info
FrequencyTop 3200-3300
Type
Jinmeiyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-1
Readings
ぼく
(34%)
うら
(4%)
Mnemonic

A pictograph of a crooked divining rod, a magical tool used to find ground water, buried metals, ores, gemstones and many other objects and materials without the use of a proper scientific apparatus.

It's crooked since it gives slightly... fishy results. Instead of finding precious metals and water it will most likely only find you garbage.

Do not confuse with ⺊ which is also a divining rod, however that one is straight and this one's not.

Used in kanji (10 in total)
below
hang
reprehend
proceed
Used in vocabulary (18 in total)
fortune-telling; divination
fortunetelling (as an occupation)
augury; fortune-telling; divination
(arch.) divining; (arch.) telling a fortune; (arch.) predicting; choosing; settling; fixing
tortoise-shell divination
fortunetelling; divination
to tell (a person's) fortune; to divine; to fix; to choose
fortune teller; soothsayer; diviner
to tell someone's fortune; to forecast; to predict; to divine
divination; fortunetelling; soothsaying
Shinto-ryu (school of kenjutsu)
fortune-telling; divination
fortune-telling; divination
fortune-telling using animal bones
choosing a homesite by divination
fortune teller; diviner
tortoise-shell divination
diviner's book