| 讖 | |||
| prophecy, hint, omen | |||
| Radical | 言訁讠𧥛𧥜 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Strokes (without radical) | 17 | Total Strokes | 24 |
| Mandarin reading | chèn chàn | Cantonese reading | caam3 cam3 |
| Japanese on reading | shin | Japanese kun reading | shirushi omikuji |
| Korean reading | cham | Vietnamese reading | |
| Simplified Variant(s) | 谶 | ||
| 讖 | [ chèn ] prophecy, omen |
| 讖緯 | [ chèn weǐ ] divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) |
| 讖語 | [ chèn yǔ ] prophecy, prophetic remark |
| ⇒ 一語成讖 | [ yī yǔ chéng chèn ] (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic |