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
占卜
zhānbǔ
to divine; divination
Characters in this word
卜 bo
- Strokes
- 2
- Radical
- 卜 — divination, fortune-telling
- How it's built
- Pictograph — a drawing of the thing
Example phrases
- 古人通过占卜解释灾异，却也在其中保存了早期天文记录。 Gǔrén tōngguò zhānbǔ jiěshì zāiyì, què yě zài qízhōng bǎocún le zǎoqī tiānwén jìlù. Ancient people explained disasters through divination, but also preserved early astronomical records within it.
- 他遇到难题时总喜欢占卜一下，其实心里早有答案。 Tā yùdào nántí shí zǒng xǐhuān zhānbǔ yíxià, qíshí xīnlǐ zǎo yǒu dá'àn. When he runs into a difficult problem, he always likes to divine a little, though in his heart he knows the answer already.
- 古代人们用龟甲占卜，来预测天气和收成。 Gǔdài rénmén yòng guījiǎ zhānbǔ, lái yùcè tiānqì hé shōucheng. Ancient people used tortoise shells for divination to predict the weather and harvests.
Related words
- 占 zhàn to occupy; to take up
- 占领 zhànlǐng to occupy
- 占有 zhànyǒu to own; to take up
- 占比 zhànbǐ proportion, percentage
- 占据 zhànjù to occupy
- 霸占 bàzhàn to occupy by force; to seize
- 强占 qiángzhàn to seize by force; to forcibly occupy
- 侵占 qīnzhàn to occupy illegally; to seize; to encroach on
- 占用 zhànyòng to occupy; to take up; to use
- 萝卜 luóbo radish; turnip
- 兆头 zhàotou omen; sign; indication
- 掩耳盗铃 yǎn'ěrdàolíng to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand