占 zhān to observe; to divine
Made up of [口 kǒu mouth radical 30, 卜 bǔ divination; prophesy radical 25]Used as component 占 in :站 zhàn ; 粘 zhān ; 战 zhàn ; 店 diàn ; 钻 zuān ; 贴 tiē ; 点 diǎn
Made with 5 strokes.
Combines 'mouth' and 'divination' so has meaning of making an observation
Related characters
Also uses 口 kǒu component: 吧 bā (supposition or suggestion) 唱 chàng (to sing) 超 chāo (to exceed) 吃 chī (to eat) 船 chuán (boat) 啡 fēi (coffee) 富 fù (rich) 福 fú (good fortune) 告 gào (to tell) 各 gè (each) 宫 gōng (palace) 狗 gǒu (dog) 古 gǔ (ancient) 咳 hāi (sound of sighing) 号 hào (name) 和 hé (together) 合 hé (to close) 喝 hē (drink) 亨 hēng (prosperous) 后 hòu (behind) 回 huí (to circle) 或 huò (maybe) 吉 jí (lucky) 叫 jiào (called) 京 jīng (capital) 咎 jiù (fault) 句 jù (sentence) 局 jú (office) 君 jūn (monarch) 咖 kā (coffee) 可 kě (can) 另 lìng (other) 吗 mǎ (?) 命 mìng (life) 名 míng (name) 鸣 míng (to call (birds)) 呢 ne (and you?) 啤 pí (hops) 品 pǐn (article) 如 rú (as) 尚 shàng (still) 事 shì (matter) 史 shǐ (history) 虽 suī (although) 台 tái (typhoon) 唐 táng (Tang) 听 tīng (to listen) 同 tóng (same) 问 wèn (ask) 喜 xǐ (to be fond of) 兄 xiōng (elder brother) 咬 yǎo (to bite) 右 yòu (right) 语 yǔ (language) 员 yuán (person) 曰 yuē (to speak) 只 zhī (one) 知 zhī (to know) 周 zhōu (circuit) 足 zú (foot)
Also uses 卜 bǔ component: 处 chù (place) 咎 jiù (fault) 外 wài (outside) 贞 zhēn (chaste) 桌 zhuō (table)
Sounds same
粘 zhān (to glue)Different tone
站 zhàn (station) 战 zhàn (to fight)Pronunciation
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