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Translingual
Han character
讖 (Kangxi radical 149, 言+17, 24 strokes, cangjie input 卜口人戈一 (YROIM), four-corner 03650, composition ⿰訁韱)
- prophecy, hint, omen
References
- Kangxi Dictionary: page 1187, character 18
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 36144
- Dae Jaweon: page 1651, character 19
- Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 4032, character 4
- Unihan data for U+8B96
Chinese
Glyph origin
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Old Chinese
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| 讖
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*sʰrims
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| 攕
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*sreːm
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| 櫼
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*sreːm, *ʔsem
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| 懺
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*sʰraːms
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| 殲
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*ʔsem
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| 瀸
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*ʔsem
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| 鑯
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*ʔsem
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| 虃
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*ʔslem
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| 籤
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*sʰem
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| 韯
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*sem
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| 纖
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*sem
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| 孅
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*sem
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| 韱
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*sem
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| 襳
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*sem, *srem, *srim
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Phono-semantic compound (形聲／形声, OC *sʰrims) : semantic 言 (“words; speech; language”) + phonetic 韱 (OC *sem).
Pronunciation 1
| Zhengzhang system (2003)
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| Character
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讖
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| Reading #
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1/1
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| No.
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1401
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Phonetic
component
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韱
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Rime
group
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侵
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Rime
subdivision
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2
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Corresponding
MC rime
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讖
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Old
Chinese
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/*sʰrims/
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Definitions
讖
- prophecy; hint; omen
Compounds
Descendants
Pronunciation 2
For pronunciation and definitions of 讖 – see 懺 (“to repent; to confess on account of repentance”).
(This character is a variant form of 懺). |
Compounds
References
Japanese
Kanji
讖
(uncommon “Hyōgai” kanji)
- a revealing omen
Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
讖 • (cham) (hangeul 참, revised cham, McCune–Reischauer ch'am, Yale cham)
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Vietnamese
Han character
讖: Hán Việt readings: sấm
Noun
讖 • (sấm)
- chữ Hán form of sấm (“prophecy”).
References