The 占 family
占 · zhàn · zhān to observe · ㄓㄢˋ — to take possession of
Know 占 and the readings of 7 more characters follow: 點、站、店、佔、沾、黏、粘. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 點diǎn · ㄉㄧㄢˇ部首 黑 · blackdot; point; o'clock; a little57%
- 站zhàn · ㄓㄢˋ部首 立 · to standstation; to stand87%
- 店diàn · ㄉㄧㄢˋ部首 广 · "house on a cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 53), occurring in 店, 序, 底 etcinn; old-style hotel; shop; store57%
- 佔zhàn · ㄓㄢˋ部首 亻 單人旁 · personoccupy by force, usurp; possess87%
- 沾zhān · ㄓㄢ部首 氵 三點水 · waterto moisten; to be infected by79%
- 黏nián · ㄋㄧㄢˊ部首 黍 · milletsticky; glutinous; (Tw) to adhere; to stick on; to glue57%
- 粘nián · ㄋㄧㄢˊ部首 米 · uncooked riceviscous, mucous; glutinous57%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 占 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 占 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 69%.
Words this family builds
- 一點
- 快點
- 有點
- 酒店
- 差點
- 地點
- 重點
- 站住
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