谶 — Chinese character
谶
chèn
prophecy; hint, omen
- Pinyin
- chèn
- Radical
- 149 ⾔ (Speech)
- Strokes
- 19
- Components
- 讠 韱
- Formation
- pictophonetic — speech; meaning component 讠; sound component 韱
- Traditional
- 讖
Common words with 谶
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 谶纬 (讖緯) | chèn wěi | divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220) |
| 谶语 (讖語) | chèn yǔ | prophecy; prophetic remark |
| 一语成谶 (一語成讖) | yī yǔ chéng chèn | (idiom) to have one's words turn out to be (tragically) prophetic |
English words written with 谶
Data: Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.