占
Meaning
- to take possession of
- to occupy
- to take up
Example sentence
本题占五十分。
This question counts for 50 points.
The character 占
占 is to take up or hold: 占地方 to take up room, 占 a seat, 占 a share of something. Read zhān it is divination, the older sense — the character is a crack read on a shell.