點 Origin — Chinese Character Wiki

diǎn HSK1

dot

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

Components

黑 Meaning component

hēi black

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

點 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
點 *tˤemʔ
占 *tem

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Baxter-Sagart	temX	tˤemʔ	black spot

《說文》：“點，小黑也。从黑，占聲。”

Simplified form of 點. Phonosemantic compound. 黑 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.

占 Sound component

zhàn divine

Change in sound

点 and 占 don't sound similar in modern Mandarin due to historical phonetic changes. They were more similar in Old Chinese.
点 *tˤemʔ
占 *tem

biāo, huǒ fire

Simplified from the 黑 (black) component in the traditional character 點.