The Chinese Radical: 占


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Meaning
divine    占

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

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

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

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