占 means fortune-telling
divining, forecasting, occupy, hold
A mouth reads a crack: fortune-telling.
On'yomi
- センsen
Kun'yomi
- し(める)shimeru
- うらな(う)uranau
How it's built
- 卜divining rod
- 口mouth
Common words
- 占いうらないfortune-telling; divination
- 占領せんりょうoccupying; having (an area) all to oneself
- 占ううらなうto tell someone's fortune; to divine (the future)
- 占めるしめるto account for; to make up