(zhàn)

HSK 25 strokesTrad.
Readingszhànzhān

variant of 占[zhan4]

Stroke order animation

Character information

Pinyin
zhàn / zhān
Meaning
variant of 占[zhan4]
Strokes
5
HSK level
HSK 2
Traditional

Origin & structure

Where comes from and how its parts fit together.

Ideograph⿱⺊口

To speak 口 omens ⺊

A combination of parts whose meanings add up to the whole.

Made of

Parts are arranged top to bottom.

Traditional form : person

How to write step by step

5 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.

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Words with

Common words using — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.

zhànyǒu
HSK 5

to have

Open 占有 page →
zhànlǐng
HSK 5

to capture; to seize; to occupy by force

Open 占领 page →
zhàn
HSK 6

to occupy; to hold

Open 占据 page →
zhànyòng
HSK 7-9

to occupy

Open 占用 page →
qīnzhàn
HSK 7-9

to invade and occupy (territory)

Open 侵占 page →
zhān
HSK 7-9

to divine

Open 占卜 page →
qiángzhàn
HSK 7-9

to occupy by force

Open 强占 page →
zhànzhōng

Occupy Central, Hong Kong civil disobedience movement (September 2014 -)

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