卜 (bǔ) is Kangxi radical no. 25, “divination”. It also appears as ⺊ (bǔ). In this form it is written with 2 strokes.
As a radical, 卜 (bǔ) is the part a dictionary files these characters under. Often it hints at the meaning - “divination” - but sometimes it is only a shape that the character happened to share.
The characters range from 2 to 8 strokes. None of them is in HSK 3.0 levels 1–2, and 0 have a full word page of their own.
Good ones to start with: 卡 (kǎ) card.
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