占 Kanji – fortune-telling
The Japanese kanji 占 can mean fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take.
Meaning and Readings
How is 占 read?
占 has the onyomi reading セン and the kunyomi readings しめる, うらなう.
In romaji, these readings can be written as sen, shimeru, uranau.
Common Japanese Words Using 占
These common Japanese words contain 占. Select linked kanji to explore their meanings and readings.
- 寡占（かせん） — oligopoly, control of a market
- 星占い（ほしうらない） — astrology, horoscope
- 占い（うらない） — fortune-telling, divination
- 占う（うらなう） — to tell someone's fortune, to divine (the future)
- 占める（しめる） — to occupy, to hold
- 占拠（せんきょ） — occupation, taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
- 占有（せんゆう） — possession, occupation, occupancy
- 占領（せんりょう） — occupying, having (an area) all to oneself
- 独占（どくせん） — monopoly, monopolization, exclusivity
- 占い師（うらないし） — diviner, fortune teller, soothsayer