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Kanji Detail for 占 - "to divine, to occupy"

  • Meaning

    占 means "to divine, to occupy."

    1. To divine - To judge the fortune or misfortune of matters.

    2. To occupy - To make things, places, or positions one's own.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    fortune-telling; divining; forecasting; occupy; hold; have; get; take

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    divine; observe; versify

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    variant of 占[zhan4]

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to divine; to observe; to versify

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Examining omens to know fortune. All divination to resolve doubts is called 占. | To monopolize. Taking as one's own is called 占. | Composing words mentally and dictating to others is called 口占. See (Book of Later Han). Poetry composed without drafting is also called 口占.
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