Fortune

On’yomi: せん
Kun’yomi: うらな、し
Radical: 卜 Divination (Kangxi 25)

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

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

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 predictN2

占めるしめる (1) to comprise,to account for,to make up (of),(2) to hold,to occupyN3

占領せんりょう occupation;capture;possession;have a room to oneselfN1

占 is rank 942 of 2,608 in published Japanese.

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