Read Edit View history 占 zhànzhān HSK2 divine Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Basic Details Gloss Iconic Gloss Original Meaning Hint In ancient China fortune-tellers analyzed cracks (卜) and holes (口) in shells and bones for the purpose of divination. Pinyin Separate values with commas zhàn × Add Simplified Variants Separate values with commas Add Traditional Variants Separate values with commas Add Variant Of Components Character ◎ Hint Depicts a crack. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 占 Simp strokes 占 Trad strokes Character ◎ Hint Depicts a hole. Type meaning sound iconic remnant simplified deleted distinguishing unknown Old pronunciation From original meaning Glyph changed 占 Simp strokes 占 Trad strokes + Add component Stroke Data 占 Stroke Data (Simp) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 452, 796 ], [ 509, 750 ], [ 510, 736 ], [ 501, 357 ], [ 479, 332 ] ], [ [ 542, 555 ], [ 563, 570 ], [ 644, 583 ], [ 729, 606 ], [ 794, 606 ] ], [ [ 241, 307 ], [ 276, 279 ], [ 290, 247 ], [ 347, -31 ] ], [ [ 308, 302 ], [ 333, 287 ], [ 347, 288 ], [ 487, 305 ], [ 656, 339 ], [ 698, 338 ], [ 736, 307 ], [ 743, 287 ], [ 698, 128 ], [ 666, 101 ] ], [ [ 371, 17 ], [ 383, 34 ], [ 651, 67 ], [ 714, 65 ], [ 739, 55 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 524 332 Q 531 444 536 549 L 537 587 Q 538 647 559 757 Q 563 770 539 788 Q 496 810 467 814 Q 448 818 438 808 Q 429 798 439 781 Q 467 741 468 714 Q 481 534 474 324 C 473 294 522 302 524 332 Z", "M 536 549 Q 575 543 659 560 Q 797 593 800 596 Q 810 605 804 615 Q 795 628 762 635 Q 729 641 650 612 Q 596 597 537 587 C 507 582 506 552 536 549 Z", "M 299 306 Q 286 312 252 317 Q 237 321 233 315 Q 226 308 236 288 Q 279 195 303 45 Q 307 0 332 -30 Q 354 -57 360 -38 Q 366 -19 365 9 L 359 53 Q 347 92 320 264 C 315 294 314 301 299 306 Z", "M 718 88 Q 752 233 803 276 Q 825 298 806 322 Q 785 340 719 372 Q 697 382 669 372 Q 593 347 524 332 L 474 324 Q 389 312 299 306 C 269 304 290 261 320 264 Q 335 264 631 310 Q 667 317 680 301 Q 695 288 692 258 Q 677 167 658 96 C 651 67 711 59 718 88 Z", "M 365 9 Q 371 9 379 10 Q 491 31 735 42 Q 748 43 750 54 Q 751 64 718 88 C 700 102 688 100 658 96 Q 657 97 655 96 Q 490 65 359 53 C 329 50 335 7 365 9 Z" ] } 5 strokes 占 Stroke Data (Trad) — JSON { "source": "dong", "medians": [ [ [ 452, 796 ], [ 509, 750 ], [ 510, 736 ], [ 501, 357 ], [ 479, 332 ] ], [ [ 542, 555 ], [ 563, 570 ], [ 644, 583 ], [ 729, 606 ], [ 794, 606 ] ], [ [ 241, 307 ], [ 276, 279 ], [ 290, 247 ], [ 347, -31 ] ], [ [ 308, 302 ], [ 333, 287 ], [ 347, 288 ], [ 487, 305 ], [ 656, 339 ], [ 698, 338 ], [ 736, 307 ], [ 743, 287 ], [ 698, 128 ], [ 666, 101 ] ], [ [ 371, 17 ], [ 383, 34 ], [ 651, 67 ], [ 714, 65 ], [ 739, 55 ] ] ], "strokes": [ "M 524 332 Q 531 444 536 549 L 537 587 Q 538 647 559 757 Q 563 770 539 788 Q 496 810 467 814 Q 448 818 438 808 Q 429 798 439 781 Q 467 741 468 714 Q 481 534 474 324 C 473 294 522 302 524 332 Z", "M 536 549 Q 575 543 659 560 Q 797 593 800 596 Q 810 605 804 615 Q 795 628 762 635 Q 729 641 650 612 Q 596 597 537 587 C 507 582 506 552 536 549 Z", "M 299 306 Q 286 312 252 317 Q 237 321 233 315 Q 226 308 236 288 Q 279 195 303 45 Q 307 0 332 -30 Q 354 -57 360 -38 Q 366 -19 365 9 L 359 53 Q 347 92 320 264 C 315 294 314 301 299 306 Z", "M 718 88 Q 752 233 803 276 Q 825 298 806 322 Q 785 340 719 372 Q 697 382 669 372 Q 593 347 524 332 L 474 324 Q 389 312 299 306 C 269 304 290 261 320 264 Q 335 264 631 310 Q 667 317 680 301 Q 695 288 692 258 Q 677 167 658 96 C 651 67 711 59 718 88 Z", "M 365 9 Q 371 9 379 10 Q 491 31 735 42 Q 748 43 750 54 Q 751 64 718 88 C 700 102 688 100 658 96 Q 657 97 655 96 Q 490 65 359 53 C 329 50 335 7 365 9 Z" ] } 5 strokes Historical Pronunciations Source baxter-sagartzhengzhangtang Middle Chinese Old Chinese Gloss + Add historical pronunciation Sources × × Quick add: 漢語多功能字庫季旭昇《說文新證》李学勤《字源》zi.toolsChinese Text Project許進雄《簡明中國文字學》 + Add source Verified Edit Comment (required) Submit Edit Note: The form works without JavaScript but the tag/list editors are simplified.