# 占 — Fortune

Frequency rank 942 / 2,608 in published Japanese.

Mid-frequency: not on every page, but regular in books and magazines.

More common than 衆 (Populace), less common than 勤 (Work).

- On’yomi: せん
- Kun’yomi: うらな、し
- Radical: 卜 Divination (Kangxi 25)
- Frequency path: Level VIII of XX

The character looks like a vertical post with a small mouth on top — a fortune teller's stick planted in the ground with a divination marker, reading signs of the future.

In words:

- 占う うらなう — to forecast,to predict
- 占める しめる — (1) to comprise,to account for,to make up (of),(2) to hold,to occupy
- 占領 せんりょう — occupation;capture;possession;have a room to oneself

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