占线
zhàn​xiàn

busy

占 zhàn divine Simplified

In ancient China fortune-tellers analyzed cracks (卜) and holes (口) in shells and bones for the purpose of divination.

Components

卜
卜 Iconic component
bo fortune telling

Depicts a crack.

口
口 Iconic component
kǒu, kou mouth

Depicts a hole.


Character Evolution

Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Oracle form
Oracle Bone ~1250-1000 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Regular Modern

Component uses

Sound (9 of 25 verified)

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Meaning (0 of 5 verified)

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Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagarttsyemtem prognosticate

說文解字

《說文》：“占，視兆問也。从卜，从口。”

Sources

Character origin
季旭昇《說文新證》p.249-250漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)

线 xiàn thread Simplified

Phonosemantic compound. 纟 represents the meaning and 戋 represents the sound. Simplified form of 線.

Components

纟
纟 Meaning component
mì silk

纟 is a component form of 糸.

戋
戋 Sound component
jiān, cán small

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode

佔 zhàn, chān, diān occupy by force Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 亻 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

Components

亻
亻 Meaning component
rén person

亻 is a component form of 人.

占
占 Sound component
zhàn divine

Historical Pronunciations

Old Chinese
Zhengzhangtjems
teːm

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang

線 xiàn thread Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. 糹 represents the meaning and 泉 represents the sound.

Components

糹
糹 Meaning component
mì silk

糹 is a component form of 糸.

泉
泉 Sound component
quán spring

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangsqʰeːns
Unicodesiɛ̀n

說文解字

《說文》：“綫，縷也。从糸，戔聲。線，古文綫。”

Sources

Character origin
漢語多功能字庫
Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica
Etymology
Shuowen Jiezi (說文解字)