占

Kanji
占
Level
N3
Meaning
Occcupy, fortune-telling
On'yomi
セン
Kun'yomi
し.める,うらな.う
Strokes
5
Common compounds

占める (しめる) to occupy 占う (うらなう) to tell fortunes 独占 (どくせん) monopoly

Memory hook

A mouth (口) tells the future by looking at a divining rod or marking a line (ト, divining rod/cross).

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