The Chinese Radical: 占


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Meaning
divine    占

Explanation It is shown a crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told. This radical uses the radical .

Used in these characters:
JLPT HSK 1
point, o'clock, drop (of liquid), dot stroke
diǎn
Top: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told), bottom: fire
If you tell the fortune over a fire, you will get to the point.
JLPT HSK 1
shop, store, inn
diàn
广
Top: building 广, below: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle, from which the furtune was told. HERE: a key with the teeth and the handle )
The building that is locked with a key is: a shop.
JLPT HSK 2
station, to stand, to halt, to stop
zhàn
Left: standing , right: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told.)
(As to whether the train is coming:) You stand there and divine fortune: At the station.
JLPT HSK 4
to divine, to occupy, to take up
zhān, zhàn

Crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination.
JLPT HSK 5
to fight, war, battle
zhàn
Left: divine/fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told), right: halberd
After the divination, the halberd was taken: to fight.
JLPT HSK 5
to stick, to paste, sticker
tiē
Left: shell/money /貝, right: fortune telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told.)
Money from fortune telling has sth. sticky.
JLPT HSK 5
sticky, glutinous, to adhere
nián, zhān
Left: rice , right: divine (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination)
Rice is good for divination if it's sticky.
JLPT HSK 6
outstanding, excellent
zhuó
Top: divination / (crack in the shell of a turtle used for divination), below: early/fast
[before the day happens:] A divination at the early morning is: excellent.
JLPT HSK 6
to moisten, to be infected by, to receive favors
zhān
Left: water , right: fortune-telling (crack in the shell of a turtle from which the fortune was told)
If you use water for forturne telling, you need to moisten sth.
JLPT HSK 6
to drill, bore, auger, dig into (studies), diamond
zuān, zuàn
Left: metal 钅(= covered in the ground are 2 gold nuggets ), right: fortune telling (here: drill | with handle - over a stone )
Made of metal is the drill over the stone: and drills.
JLPT HSK 6
fitting snugly, appropriate, to obey, invitation (message)
tiē, tiě, tiè
Left: cloth , right: divine
A cloth to devine, that it is appropriately fitting snugly.
JLPT no HSK
felt (fabric)
zhān
Left: wool , right: fortunetelling (Here: hammer with handle and body )
The wool is worked with a hammer until it is: felt.
JLPT no HSK
to grasp with fingers, to nip, to draw lots
niān
Left: hand , right: fortune telling, to occupy (Here: The stick is firm in the gripping hand.)
When the hand is occupying, it grasps wih the fingers.
JLPT no HSK
sticky, glutinous, to adhere, to stick
nián
Left: millet (rice plant , person , water ), right: fortune telling
Millet is used for fortune telling, if it is sticky.

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