佔

See also: 占 and 估

佔 U+4F54, 佔 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-4F54 ← 体 [U+4F53] CJK Unified Ideographs 何 → [U+4F55]

Translingual

Han character

佔 (Kangxi radical 9, 人+5, 7 strokes, cangjie input 人卜口 (OYR), four-corner 2126₀, composition ⿰亻占)

Derived characters

• 𩃅

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: page 98, character 14
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 510
• Dae Jaweon: page 208, character 4
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 131, character 9
• Unihan data for U+4F54

Chinese

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (占) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

	Old Chinese
頕	*taːm
煔	*ɦlaːm, *hljems, *hl'eːms
炶	*ɦlaːm
詀	*rteːm, *rdeːms, *teːm, *tʰjeb
站	*rteːms
檆	*sreːm
黏	*nem
粘	*nem
枮	*slem, *ʔl'ɯm
霑	*tem
沾	*tem, *teːms, *tʰeːm
覘	*tems, *tʰem
鉆	*tʰem, *ɡrem, *tʰeːb
占	*ʔljem, *tjems
颭	*tjemʔ
佔	*tjems, *teːm
苫	*hljem, *hljems
痁	*hljem, *teːms
蛅	*njem
阽	*lem
敁	*teːm
掂	*tiːm
點	*teːmʔ
玷	*teːmʔ, *teːms
店	*tiːms
坫	*tiːms, *tim
黇	*tʰeːm
扂	*deːmʔ
拈	*neːm
鮎	*neːm
砧	*ʔl'ɯm
笘	*teːb
跕	*teːb, *tʰeːb
貼	*tʰeːb
帖	*tʰeːb
怗	*tʰeːb
呫	*tʰeːb

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *tjems, *teːm): semantic 亻 + phonetic 占 (OC *ʔljem, *tjems).

Etymology 1

trad.		佔/占*
simp.		占*

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhàn (zhan⁴)

  (Zhuyin): ㄓㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zim³
• Hakka

  (Sixian, PFS): cham / chiam

  (Meixian, Guangdong): zam⁴

• Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): zieng⁴
• Southern Min

  (Hokkien, POJ): chiàm

  (Teochew, Peng'im): ziam³ / ziang³

• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ⁵tsoe

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄓㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhàn
    • Wade–Giles: chan⁴
    • Yale: jàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jann
    • Palladius: чжань (čžanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: zim³
    • Yale: jim
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzim³
    • Guangdong Romanization: jim³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siːm³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: cham / chiam
    • Hakka Romanization System: zam / jiam
    • Hagfa Pinyim: zam⁴ / jiam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sam⁵⁵/, /t͡si̯am⁵⁵/
  • (Meixian)
    • Guangdong: zam⁴
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sam⁵³/
• Puxian Min
  • (Putian, Xianyou)
    • Pouseng Ping'ing: zieng⁴
    • Báⁿ-uā-ci̍: cia̍ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siɛŋ⁴²/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chiàm
    • Tâi-lô: tsiàm
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ciaxm
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡siam²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡siam⁴¹/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡siam²¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡siam¹¹/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡siam²¹/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: ziam³ / ziang³
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tsiàm / tsiàng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siam²¹³/, /t͡siaŋ²¹³/

Note: ziang3 - Chenghai.

• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ⁵tsoe
    • MiniDict: tsoe^去
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ²tsoe
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sø³⁴/

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• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*tjems/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佔
Reading #	1/2
No.	16708
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	占
Old Chinese	/*tjems/
Notes	佔分化新字

Definitions

佔

1. to occupy; to possess

Synonyms

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• 享有 (xiǎngyǒu) (rights, privileges, prestige, etc.)
• 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 佔用 / 占用 (zhànyòng)
• 佔領 / 占领 (zhànlǐng)
• 保有 (bǎoyǒu)
• 具備 / 具备 (jùbèi)
• 具有 (jùyǒu)
• 具足 (jùzú) (literary)
• 富有 (fùyǒu) (to be full of)
• 所有 (suǒyǒu)
• 持有 (chíyǒu)
• 據 / 据
• 擁有 / 拥有 (yōngyǒu)
• 據有 / 据有 (jùyǒu)
• 自有 (zìyǒu)
• 領有 / 领有 (lǐngyǒu)

Compounds

• 佔上風 / 占上风 (zhàn shàngfēng)
• 佔下風 / 占下风
• 佔主導地位 / 占主导地位
• 佔便宜 / 占便宜
• 佔優 / 占优 (zhànyōu)
• 佔優勢 / 占优势
• 佔先 / 占先 (zhànxiān)
• 佔據 / 占据 (zhànjù)
• 佔有 / 占有 (zhànyǒu)
• 佔有率 / 占有率 (zhànyǒulǜ)
• 佔滿 / 占满
• 佔為己有 / 占为己有 (zhànwéijǐyǒu)
• 佔用 / 占用 (zhànyòng)
• 佔畢 / 占毕
• 佔線 / 占线 (zhànxiàn)
• 佔領 / 占领 (zhànlǐng)
• 佔領者 / 占领者 (zhànlǐngzhě)
• 佔頭籌 / 占头筹
• 佔高枝兒 / 占高枝儿
• 隱佔 / 隐占
• 霸佔 / 霸占 (bàzhàn)
• 鳩佔鵲巢 / 鸠占鹊巢 (jiūzhànquècháo)

Descendants

Sino-Xenic (佔):

• → Vietnamese: chiếm (佔)

Etymology 2

simp. and trad.		佔

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): chān (chan¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄔㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: chān
    • Zhuyin: ㄔㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: chan
    • Wade–Giles: chʻan¹
    • Yale: chān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chan
    • Palladius: чань (čanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰän⁵⁵/

Definitions

佔

1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to whisper

Etymology 3

simp. and trad.		佔

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): diān (dian¹)

  (Zhuyin): ㄉㄧㄢ

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: diān
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄧㄢ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dian
    • Wade–Giles: tien¹
    • Yale: dyān
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dian
    • Palladius: дянь (djanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ti̯ɛn⁵⁵/

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• Middle Chinese: tem

Rime
Character	佔
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	端 (5)
Final (韻)	添 (157)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	IV
Fanqie	丁兼切
Baxter	tem
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/tem/
Pan Wuyun	/tem/
Shao Rongfen	/tɛm/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/tɛm/
Li Rong	/tem/
Wang Li	/tiem/
Bernhard Karlgren	/tiem/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	diān
Expected Cantonese Reflex	dim1

• Old Chinese

  (Zhengzhang): /*teːm/

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	佔
Reading #	2/2
No.	16718
Phonetic component	占
Rime group	談
Rime subdivision	2
Corresponding MC rime	𩬑
Old Chinese	/*teːm/

Definitions

佔

1. only used in 佔侸 (diāndōu)

Etymology 4

simp. and trad.		佔

For pronunciation and definitions of 佔 – see 覘. (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 覘).

Etymology 5

simp. and trad.		佔

For pronunciation and definitions of 佔 – see 襜. (This character is recorded in one or more historical dictionaries as a variant form of 襜).

References

• 羅竹風 [Luo, Zhufeng], editor (1986–1994), “佔”, in 漢語大詞典 [Hanyu Da Cidian] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Shanghai: Shanghai Lexicographical Publishing House, →ISBN
• Dictionary of Chinese Character Variants (教育部異體字字典), A00119

Japanese

Kanji

佔

(Hyōgai kanji)

1. possess, usurp, occupy by force

Readings

• Go-on: ちん (chin)
• Kan-on: せん (sen)
• Kun: みる (miru, 佔る)、うかがう (ukagau, 佔う)、しめる (shimeru, 佔る)

Korean

Hanja

佔 (eum 점 (jeom))

1. occupy
2. seize
3. take

Vietnamese

Han character

佔: Hán Nôm readings: chiêm, chiếm

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References

• Nom Foundation