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chèn

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chèn Meaning

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Pīnyīn Pronunciation
chèn | chen4
English translation
prophecy; hint, omen

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About chèn

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Number of strokes

19

Traditional form

chèn

Contains the radical

yán

Part of speech

Noun / 名词 míng cí Míngcí

Learning hint

speech

Etymology of chèn

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Type

pictophonetic

Positional decomposition

讠韱

Semantic compound

yán

Phonetic compound

xiān

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Words with chèn

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FrequencySimplifiedMeaningTraditional
chèn omen chèn
谶纬 chèn wěi divination combined with mystical Confucian philosopy, prevalent during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220)讖緯
谶语 chèn yǔ prophecy讖語

chèn Decomposition & Compounds

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