占 – fortune-telling, divining, forecasting

5 strokesJōyō (secondary school)#694 in newspaper frequencyN3 vocabulary

The kanji 占 means fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take. Its on’yomi (Chinese-derived reading) is セン (sen); its kun’yomi (native Japanese reading) is し.める、うらな.う (shimeru, uranau). It is written with 5 strokes, under radical 卜 (no. 25).

Stroke order

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Readings

Type	Reading	Romaji
On’yomi	セン	sen
Kun’yomi	し.める	shimeru
Kun’yomi	うらな.う	uranau

A dot separates the kanji’s part from the okurigana (kana written after it), e.g. まな.ぶ → 学ぶ.

Radical and components

Radical: 卜 (Kangxi radical 25). Components: 口・卜.

Words using 占

占めるしめるto account for占ううらなうto tell someone's fortune独占どくせんmonopoly占領せんりょうoccupying

Example sentences

ある研究によれば、ガンによる女性の死亡数の中では肺がんが１７％を占めている。

A study shows lung cancer accounts for 17% of women's cancer deaths.

Tatoeba #229891

ギャンブルで味を占めるとなかなか止められない。

Once you get the taste for gambling, it's hard to give it up.

Tatoeba #225806

私は運勢を占ってもらった。

I had my fortune told.

Tatoeba #158385

Sources: KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0), KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0), Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR). About the data.