U+8C36 "谶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+8C36 "谶" CJK Unified Ideograph-# is a Chinese character in the CJK (Chinese, Japanese, and Korean) ideograph set, traditionally meaning a prophecy, omen, or divinatory text, often associated with ancient Chinese predictive writings or cryptic statements that foretell future events. In historical contexts, such "chen" prophecies were frequently recorded in oracles, inscriptions, or literature to interpret fate or political change. This character is composed of the radical for speech or words on the left and a phonetic component on the right, reflecting its linguistic function in written Chinese. It is included in the Unicode standard to support digital representation of classical and modern Chinese texts, enabling cross-platform use in documents, web content, and software.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
谶 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
谶 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xE8 0xB0 0xB6 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0x8C36 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00008C36 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\u8c36 |
Unicode Properties
Unihan Properties
| kCCCII |
27594D |
| kCangjie |
IVOIM |
| kCantonese |
cam3 |
| kDefinition |
prophecy, hint, omen |
| kEACC |
27594D |
| kFourCornerCode |
3375 |
| kGB0 |
5863 |
| kHanYu |
64032.050 |
| kIICore |
CG |
| kIRGHanyuDaZidian |
64032.050 |
| kIRGKangXi |
1188.181 |
| kIRG_GSource |
G0-5A5F |
| kTGH |
2013:6416 |
| kKangXi |
1188.181 |
| kMainlandTelegraph |
6244 |
| kMandarin |
chèn |
| kPhonetic |
183* |
| kRSUnicode |
149'.17 |
| kTGHZ2013 |
042.160:chèn |
| kTotalStrokes |
19 |
| kTraditionalVariant |
"讖" U+8B96 CJK Unified Ideograph-# |
| kUnihanCore2020 |
G |
| kXHC1983 |
0134.010:chèn |