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占 — 5 strokes ／ Radical「卜」

道
4Junior high level ／ 5 strokes ／ Radical「卜」
On
センせん · sen
Kun
し(める)・うらな(う)shi(meru) · urana(u)
Meaning
occupy; divine; tell fortunes

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

卜 "divination" with 口 "mouth": to speak an omen — to divine; also to occupy a place.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onセンせんsen占拠せんきょ占星術せんせいじゅつ独占どくせん
Kunしめるshimeru占めるしめる買い占めかいしめ
Kunうらなうuranau占ううらなう占いうらない

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 独占どくせん

    monopoly; exclusive

  • 占ううらなう

    to tell fortunes

More words with this kanji

  • 卜占ぼくせん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この会社(かいしゃ)が市場(しじょう)を独占(どくせん)している。

This company monopolises the market.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

独占占独alone卜divina…卦divina…扇fan鮮fresh川river千thousa…刋to cut
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Compound

Radical

Map of radical 卜Map of reading センAll maps

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