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fortune-telling

Stroke count: 5

Readings

On readingセン

Kun readingし.める、うらな.う

Jōyō Grade 8

to tell someone's fortune
to divine (the future)
to predict
to forecast

Popular Usage

Radicals and components

Radical卜divination

Components

How it's built

占

Mnemonic (RtK)

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magic wand · augury · divining rod · mouth (口)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 49

Compound words

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

寡占かせん

oligopoly; control of a market

占いうらない

fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner

占拠せんきょ

occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)

占有せんゆう

possession; occupation; occupancy

占領せんりょう

occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture

独占どくせん

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

星占いほしうらない

astrology; horoscope

占い師うらないし

diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer

買い占めかいしめ

buying up of goods; cornering (market)

独り占めひとりじめ

hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing

divination (using bamboo divination sticks)

辻占つじうら

slip of paper with a fortune-telling message

being under military occupation

Additional Examples

彼は長く製鉄業を支配したが、完全な独占には至らなかった。

Though he long dominated the steel industry, he never achieved a complete monopoly.tatoeba

彼は雑誌を開くと、たいていまず自分の星占いを読みます。

When he opens a magazine, he will usually read his horoscope first.tatoeba

時代劇の大多数を占める。

The majority of jidaigeki are swordfighting dramas.wiki

安曇川の上・中流域を占める。

The middle and upper Ado-gawa River ran through the village.wiki

待ち人を占う方法

The method to divine a person whom a client awaitswiki

盗失物を占う方法

The method to divine lost or missing articleswiki

Stroke Order

5 strokes

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 占

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step