占 – Kanji details

Keyword

fortune-telling

Info

Frequency	Top 1200-1300
Type	Jōyō ?
Kanken	Level 4
Heisig	49
Readings	せん (41%) うらな (31%) し (17%) じ (7%) うら (2%)
	うらないまにしめ

Composed of

⺊

divining rod

口

mouth

Mnemonic

One of the more ridiculous methods of fortune-telling involves dangling a divining rod over your mouth and trying to predict the future based on how it wiggles.

Used in kanji (13 in total)

shop

point

sticky

stick on

sweetfish

quire

outpost

thatching

fulling block

???

twiddle

wooden writing slate

soak

Used in vocabulary (121 in total)

占しめる

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up

独どく占せん

monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

占せん領りょう

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

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Examples (45 in total)

アメリカにおいて労ろう働どうは、生せい活かつの非ひ常じょうに重じゅう要ような部ぶ分ぶんを占しめている。

Work is a very important part of life in the United States.

彼かれは会かい社しゃで重じゅう要ような地ち位いを占しめている。

He occupies a prominent position in the firm.

時ときには読どく書しょが彼かれの時じ間かんの半はん分ぶんを占しめた。

Sometimes reading took up half his time.

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