占

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to take possession of; to occupy; to take up

Sound it out + = · + =

Formation & memory

Break the character into parts you already know.

Ideographic compound (会意字)

To speak 口 omens ⺊

Components ⺊口

tell fortunes · Heisig RSH #44

divining rod + 口 mouth

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
市场占有率	shì chǎng zhàn yǒu lǜ	market share
多吃多占	duō chī duō zhàn	taking or eating more than one's due (idiom); greedy and selfish
占地儿	zhàn dì r	to take up space
占上风	zhàn shàng fēng	to take the lead; to gain the upper hand
占下风	zhàn xià fēng	to be at a disadvantage
占地方	zhàn dì fang	to take up space
占地面积	zhàn dì miàn ji	floor area; occupied area; footprint (of a building, piece of equipment etc)
占星学	zhān xīng xué	astrology
占星家	zhān xīng jiā	astrologer
占星师	zhān xīng shī	astrologer
苏占区	Sū zhàn qū	Soviet-occupied area (of Eastern Europe etc)
占星术	zhān xīng shù	astrology
市占率	shì zhàn lǜ	market share; abbr. for 市場佔有率\|市场占有率
占为己有	zhàn wéi jǐ yǒu	to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
占领者	zhàn lǐng zhě	occupant
占中	Zhàn Zhōng	Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)
占地	zhàn dì	to take up space; to occupy (space)
马占	mǎ zhàn	(dialect) merchant (loanword)
占有	zhàn yǒu	to have; to own; to hold; to occupy; to possess; to account for (a high proportion etc)
占城	Zhān chéng	see 占婆[Zhan1 po2]

These characters use 占 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
占 sound part	zhàn	to divine; to observe; to versify
点	diǎn	dot, point, speck
战	zhàn	war, fighting, battle
站	zhàn	stand, station; to halt, to stand; website; measure word for stands and stations
店	diàn	shop, store; inn, hotel
贴	tiē	to stick, to paste; attached; allowance, subsidy
钻	zuàn	diamond; to bore, to drill, to pierce
黏	nián	to stick to; glutinous, sticky; glue
沾	zhān	to moisten, to soak, to wet; to touch
粘	zhān	viscous, sticky, mucous, glutinous
毡	zhān	felt; rug, carpet
砧	zhēn	anvil, flat stone
玷	diàn	character flaw; a flaw in a gem
坫	diàn	a stand on which to replace goblets after drinking
苫	shān	rush or straw matting
飐	zhǎn	to sway in the wind
扂	diàn	door latch
鲇	nián	sheatfish; Parasilurus asotus