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占 means 'occupy'

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Strokes : 5    Frequency: 959   JLPT: N2    Usefulness: 4    Study set: 4-11    Grade: 8   Intermediate lesson: 45    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 40 words   Used in 115 words   Used in 45 names   Component in 53 kanji (4 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   セン
Kun
   しめる to occupy, hold   うらなう to tell fortunes
Additional readings
Name    うら   しむ   じめ
Notes
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Both the prehistoric and modern worlds have influenced 占, producing a strange brew of military behavior, money making, and the occult! Find out about scads of divination modalities. Also learn to say, "This desk takes up too much room," "The rebels have captured the broadcasting station," "Please refrain from buying up all the goods," and "Let me tell your fortune with cards."
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Components
⿱  卜 divining rod  口 mouth  
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 占 is used 6 times, read 3 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 占 is used 89 times, read 3 ways (with 2 variations).
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セン : 59 words FIND ALL
ど く せ ん 0
1. monopoly; monopolization
2. hogging; keeping to oneself
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うらなう : 12 words FIND ALL
う ら な い 0 う ら な い 3
noun
fortune-telling; divination
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しめる : 9 words FIND ALL
し め る 2
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to occupy; to hold
2. to account for; to make up; to take up
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しめる (read as じ) : 1 word FIND ALL
ひ と り じ め 0 ひ と り じ め 5
monopolising; monopolizing; hogging; having all to oneself
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うら: 8 words. FIND ALL
noun
fortune-telling; divination  (see also: 占い; archaic)
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An additional 12 less common words include 占 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
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占
セン   しめる to occupy, hold   うらなう to tell fortunes   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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卜
divining rod
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