U+8B96 "讖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
讖
U+8B96 "讖" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character that historically refers to a prophecy, omen, or a veiled prediction, often associated with ancient Chinese divination texts known as chenwei, which were used to foretell future events, particularly dynastic changes. In modern usage, this character retains the meaning of a sign or a portent, and it is sometimes found in classical literature or religious contexts, though it is not common in everyday language. Its composition combines the "言" (speech) radical with a phonetic component, reflecting its connection to spoken or written prophecies.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+8B96 |
| Version Added | 1.1 |
| Name | CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| Block | CJK Unified Ideographs |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 讖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 讖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xE8 0xAE 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0x8B96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00008B96 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \u8b96 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kBigFive | C640 |
| kCCCII | 21594D |
| kCNS1986 | 1-7C6B |
| kCNS1992 | 1-7C6B |
| kCangjie | YROIM |
| kCantonese | cam3 |
| kCihaiT | 1259.403 |
| kCowles | 454 |
| kDaeJaweon | 1651.190 |
| kDefinition | prophecy, hint, omen |
| kEACC | 21594D |
| kFanqie | 楚譖 |
| kFenn | 420I |
| kFennIndex | 14.06 |
| kFourCornerCode | 0365.0 |
| kGB1 | 5863 |
| kHangul | 참:0N |
| kHanYu | 64032.040 |
| kHanyuPinyin | 64032.040:chèn,chàn |
| kHKGlyph | 3868 |
| kIICore | ATHKP |
| kIRGDaeJaweon | 1651.190 |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian | 64032.040 |
| kIRGKangXi | 1187.180 |
| kIRG_GSource | G1-5A5F |
| kIRG_HSource | HB1-C640 |
| kIRG_JSource | J0-6C2B |
| kIRG_KPSource | KP0-ECDC |
| kIRG_KSource | K0-7359 |
| kIRG_TSource | T1-7C6B |
| kIRG_VSource | V2-902B |
| kJapanese | シン サン |
| kKoreanName | 2015 |
| kJapaneseKun | SHIRUSHI OMIKUJI |
| kJapaneseOn | SHIN |
| kJis0 | 7611 |
| kKangXi | 1187.180 |
| kKorean | CHAM |
| kMandarin | chèn |
| kMatthews | 181 |
| kMeyerWempe | 143a |
| kMojiJoho | MJ024855 |
| kMorohashi | 36144 |
| kNelson | 4455 |
| kPhonetic | 183 |
| kRSAdobe_Japan1_6 | C+6732+149.7.17 |
| kRSUnicode | 149.17 |
| kSBGY | 441.21 |
| kSimplifiedVariant | "谶" U+8C36 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kSMSZD2003Index | 658.02 |
| kSMSZD2003Readings | chèn粵cam3,caam3 |
| kTaiwanTelegraph | 6244 |
| kTang | chrìm |
| kTotalStrokes | 24 |
| kUnihanCore2020 | HJKMPT |
| kXerox | 272:353 |