The kanji 占: meaning, readings and stroke order

占

Meaning: occupy, tell fortunes
On reading: セン sen
Kun reading: し（める） shimeru、うらな（う） uranau
Strokes: 5
Radical: 卜 divination
Level: Level 7 · junior high school

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: chiếm, bói (chiếm)
Japanese: しめる。うらなう。
Korean: 차지하다, 점치다 (점)
Chinese: 占有、占卜

Readings, words and example sentences

セン sen · on reading · less common

独どく占せん
keeping all to oneself
一人で 独どく占せんしてはいけません。
You must not keep it all to yourself.

し（める） shimeru · kun reading

占しめる
to take up, to make up (a part)
森が島の半分を 占しめます。
Forests take up half of the island.

うらな（う） uranau · kun reading · less common

占うらなう
to tell fortunes, to foretell
明日の天気を 占うらないます。
I try to foretell tomorrow's weather.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.