占
占 — Fortune-telling
fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have
On’yomiセン (sen)
Kun’yomiしめる (shimeru)
Kun’yomiうらなう (uranau)
Stroke order (5 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 占
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占領 | せんりょう senryou | occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation |
| 独占 | どくせん dokusen | monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity |
| 買い占め | かいしめ kaishime | buying up of goods; cornering (market) |
| 占い | うらない uranai | fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller |
| 寡占 | かせん kasen | oligopoly; control of a market |
| 占う | うらなう uranau | to tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future); to predict |
Study notes
占 is a JLPT N2 kanji written with 5 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #694 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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