占 = 口 + 卜

占 is a Japanese kanji written with 5 strokes, listed here under the keyword “fortune-telling”. It is built from 口 (mouth) and 卜 (divining rod). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 49. It appears as a component in 8 other characters in this index.

Keyword: fortune-telling
RTK frame: 49
Strokes: 5
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading): セン
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading): し.める, うらな.う
Script: Japanese kanji
Also known as: гадание, fortune
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi: 占 divine

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

Characters that contain 占

How to find 占 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “mouth” + “divining rod”. 占 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

Open 占 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.