Chinese symbol for “prophesy”
卜占
bǔ zhān
to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future
The closest CC-CEDICT match for prophesy is 卜占 (bǔ zhān), defined as: to divine; to prophesy; to foretell the future.
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Characters and stroke order
Related words
Other words that share a character with 卜占.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔) | hú luó bo | carrot |
| 萝卜 (蘿蔔) | luó bo | radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon; measure word: 根 (gēn) |
| 占卜 | zhān bǔ | to divine |
| 胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素) | hú luó bo sù | carotene |
| 未卜 | wèi bǔ | (literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable |
| 红萝卜 (紅蘿蔔) | hóng luó bo | carrot; red radish |
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 占据 (佔據) | zhàn jù | to occupy; to hold |
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.