占
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to take possession of; to occupy; to take up
5 strokes
Dict coverage rank #1,352 U+5360
How 占 is formed
Ideographic compound (会意字)
To speak 口 omens ⺊
How to remember it
tell fortunes · Heisig RSH #44
divining rod + 口 mouth
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Characters built with 占 as their sound component
These characters all use 占 (zhàn) as their phonetic component — compare how they read:
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占 sound component | zhàn | to divine; to observe; to versify |
| 点 | diǎn | dot, point, speck |
| 战 | zhàn | war, fighting, battle |
| 站 | zhàn | stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations |
| 店 | diàn | shop, store; inn, hotel |
| 贴 | tiē | to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy |
| 钻 | zuàn | diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce |
| 黏 | nián | to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue |
| 沾 | zhān | to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch |
| 粘 | zhān | viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous |
| 毡 | zhān | felt; rug, carpet |
| 砧 | zhēn | anvil, flat stone |
| 玷 | diàn | character flaw; a flaw in a gem |
| 坫 | diàn | a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking |
| 苫 | shān | rush or straw matting |
| 飐 | zhǎn | to sway in the wind |
| 扂 | diàn | door latch |
| 鲇 | nián | sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus |
Words containing 占
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 市场占有率 | shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜ | market share |
| 多吃多占 | duō chī duō zhàn | taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish |
| 占地儿 | zhàn dì r | to take up space |
| 占上风 | zhàn shàng fēng | to take the lead; to gain the upper hand |
| 占下风 | zhàn xià fēng | to be at a disadvantage |
| 占地方 | zhàn dì fang | to take up space |
| 占地面积 | zhàn dì miàn ji | floor area; occupied area; footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc) |
| 占星学 | zhān xīng xué | astrology |
| 占星家 | zhān xīng jiā | astrologer |
| 占星师 | zhān xīng shī | astrologer |
| 苏占区 | Sū zhàn qū | Soviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc) |
| 占星术 | zhān xīng shù | astrology |
| 市占率 | shì zhàn lǜ | market share; abbr. for 市場佔有率|市场占有率 |
| 占为己有 | zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu | to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others) |
| 占领者 | zhàn lǐng zhě | occupant |
| 占中 | Zhàn Zhōng | Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -) |
| 占地 | zhàn dì | to take up space; to occupy (space) |
| 马占 | mǎ zhàn | (dialect) merchant (loanword) |
| 占有 | zhàn yǒu | to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc) |
| 占城 | Zhān chéng | see 占婆[Zhan1 po2] |