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Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in junior high

JLPT level: N2

694 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 5

Meaning: fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take

Kunyomi: し.める, うらな.う

Onyomi: セン

Composition: 卜 口

占

Radical

Radical: 卜

Reading: ぼく

Meaning: divination

Strokes: 2

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Examples

Examples with audio

占星術(せんせいじゅつ)   astrology

占領地(せんりょうち)   occupied territory

占拠する(せんきょする)   occupy

占有する(せんゆうする)   have exclusive possession

独占する(どくせんする)   monopolize

占める(しめる)   comprise, occupy

独り占めする(ひとりじめする)   monopolize

占う(うらなう)   tell one's fortune, divine

占い師(うらないし)   diviner, fortuneteller, palmist

星占い(ほしうらない)   astrology, horoscope

Onyomi Examples

占領 (センリョウ) occupying, having (an area) all to oneself, military occupation, possession, capture, seizure

占拠 (センキョ) occupation, taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)

寡占 (カセン) oligopoly, control of a market

買い手寡占 (カイテカセン) oligopsony

Kunyomi Examples

占める (しめる) to occupy, to hold, to account for, to make up, to take up

占う (うらなう) to tell someone's fortune, to divine (the future), to predict, to forecast

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