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占
zhān
1. to observe
2. to divine
HSK 5 Very Common • Top 2% ✏️ 5 strokes

Character Breakdown (Single character)

占
zhàn
to divine; to observe; to versify
HSK 4 5 丶

Compound Words (20)

占中
ZhànZhōng
Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)
占优
zhànyōu
dominance
占先
zhànxiān
to take precedence
占城
Zhànchéng
Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693
占婆
Zhànpó
Champa (Sanskrit: Campapura or Campanagara), ancient kingdom in the South of Vietnam c. 200-1693
占据
zhànjù
to occupy
HSK 6
占族
Zhànzú
Cham ethnic group
占有
zhànyǒu
to have
占用
zhànyòng
to occupy
占线
zhànxiàn
busy (telephone line)
HSK 4
占领
zhànlǐng
to occupy (a territory)
HSK 6
侵占
qīnzhàn
to invade and occupy (territory)
卜占
bǔzhān
to divine
占优
zhànyōu
dominance
占卜
zhānbǔ
to divine
占地
zhàndì
to take up space
占星
zhānxīng
to divine by astrology
占满
zhànmǎn
to fill
强占
qiángzhàn
to occupy by force
抢占
qiǎngzhàn
to seize (the strategic high ground)

Alternate Entries

占
zhàn
variant of [[占<zhàn>]]
HSK 5
占
zhàn
to take possession of / to occupy / to take up
HSK 5

Metadata

Category
Chinese
HSK Character Level
4
Character Frequency Rank
736
Word Frequency Rank
1,519 of 84,292