占

音読おんよみ: セン

訓読くんよみ: しめ・うらな

画数かくすう: 5

部首ぶしゅ: ぼく(卜)

Meaning

Occupy / Hold / Divine / Fortune-telling

Conjugation
Tap for 占める (occupy) Tap for 占う (tell fortunes)
  • める — to occupy; to hold
  • うらなう — to tell fortunes; to divine
  • 占領せんりょう — occupation; capture
  • 独占どくせん — monopoly; exclusive possession
  • 星占ほしうらない — astrology; horoscope

占 combines the radical (divination mark) with (mouth). It suggests declaring aloud the results of divination. From “fortune-telling,” it extended to “occupy” or “claim.”

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