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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.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

卜 bǔ
divination, fortune-telling; prophecy
radical 25 ⼘ · 2 strokes
占 zhān
to divine; to observe; to versify
radical 25 ⼘ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 卜占.

WordPinyinMeaning
胡萝卜 (胡蘿蔔)hú luó bocarrot
萝卜 (蘿蔔)luó boradish (Raphanus sativus), esp. daikon; measure word: 根 (gēn)
占卜zhān bǔto divine
胡萝卜素 (胡蘿蔔素)hú luó bo sùcarotene
未卜wèi bǔ(literary) not yet divined; (of outcomes) uncertain; unknowable
红萝卜 (紅蘿蔔)hóng luó bocarrot; red radish
占领 (佔領)zhàn lǐngto capture; to seize; to occupy by force
占据 (佔據)zhàn jùto 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.

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