Chinese Character Wiki
占

zhàn, zhān

divine

In ancient China fortune-tellers analyzed cracks (卜) and holes (口) in shells and bones for the purpose of divination.

Components
卜 iconic component

卜  Iconic component

bo, bǔ

  

fortune telling

Depicts a crack.

口 iconic component

口  Iconic component

kǒu

  

mouth

Depicts a hole

Evolution

占 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
占 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
占 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
占 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

占  

zhàn

divine; observe; versify; to take possession of; to occupy; to take up

占  

zhān

to observe; to divine

占 (佔) 

zhàn

variant of 占[zhàn]

Most common words with 占
Freq.
Word
Meaning

占

to occupy

占据

to occupy

占领

to hold

占用

to occupy

占有

to have

Component uses

Meaning component in 6 characters (0 verified)

帖 拈 乩 覘 觇 呫

Sound component in 24 characters (8 verified)

点 點 战 站 佔 店 貼 贴 钻 粘 沾 毡 拈 黏 玷 鲇 砧 苫 覘 觇 坫 颭 飐 扂

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*tem

tsyem

zhān

prognosticate


Statistics

HSK level 2

Appears in 24.4113% of movies

1424th most common character in movies

737th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

5

Unicode

U+5360

Shuowen

“占，視兆問也。从卜，从口。”


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