占 zhàn
- Strokes
- 5
- Radical
- ⺊ — divination
- Made of
- ⺊ divination 口 mouth
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
占有
zhànyǒu
to own; to take up
Characters in this word
有 yǒu
- Strokes
- 6
- Radical
- 月 — moon
- Made of
- 𠂇 hand 月 moon
- How it's built
- Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
Example phrases
- 公司占有市场。 Gōngsī zhànyǒu shìchǎng. The company holds the market.
- 他占有一半。 Tā zhànyǒu yí bàn. He owns half.
- 这箱占有空间。 Zhè xiāng zhànyǒu kōngjiān. This box takes up space.