谶
chèn

prophecy

Components

讠
讠 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

韱
韱 Sound component
xiān wild onions or leeks

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode

讖 prophecy Traditional

Components

言
言 Meaning component
yán speech

speech

韱
韱 Sound component
xiān wild onions or leeks

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Three Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsʰrims
Unicodechrìm

說文解字

驗也。从言韱聲。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)