佔 (zhàn)
to occupy/to take up/to constitute
How 佔 is written
- Strokes
- 7
- Radical
- 亻 — human
- Traditional
- 佔
- Simplified
- 占
Components
- 亻 human
- ⺊ divination
- 口 mouth
佔 has 2 readings
The pronunciation changes with the meaning, so the reading has to be learned per word.
- zhàn
- variant of 占[zhan4]
- zhān
- to observe; to divine
Common words using 佔
- 佔據 zhànjù
- to occupy; to hold
- 佔有 zhànyǒu
- to have; to own; to hold
- 佔用 zhànyòng
- to occupy
- 佔領 zhànlǐng
- to occupy (a territory); to hold
- 侵佔 qīnzhàn
- to invade and occupy (territory)
- 搶佔 qiǎngzhàn
- to seize (the strategic high ground)
- 攻佔 gōngzhàn
- attack and occupy
- 霸佔 bàzhàn
- to occupy by force; to seize; to dominate
- 佔便宜 zhànpiányi
- advantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense
- 佔優 zhànyōu
- dominance; traditional form also written 占優
- 佔先 zhànxiān
- to take precedence
- 佔為己有 zhànwéijǐyǒu
- to appropriate to oneself (what rightfully belongs to others)
佔 in a sentence
請不要用包包佔位子。
Qǐng búyào yòng bāobāo zhàn wèizi.
“Please don't use your bag to occupy a seat.”
How common is 佔?
佔 is the 736th most frequent character in written Chinese. Characters up to this rank account for about 83.8% of all running text.
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