Chinese symbol for “observe”
占
zhān
to observe; to divine
The closest CC-CEDICT match for observe is 占 (zhān), defined as: to observe; to divine.
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Characters and stroke order
Other Chinese words for “observe”
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 观察 (觀察) | guān chá | to observe; to watch; to survey |
| 观测 (觀測) | guān cè | to observe; to survey |
| 遵 | zūn | to observe; to obey |
| 睹 | dǔ | to observe; to see |
| 看在眼里 (看在眼裡) | kàn zài yǎn li | to observe; to take it all in |
Related words
Other words that share a character with 占.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 占领 (佔領) | zhàn lǐng | to capture; to seize; to occupy by force |
| 占据 (佔據) | zhàn jù | to occupy; to hold |
| 占有 (佔有) | zhàn yǒu | to have; to own |
| 占用 (佔用) | zhàn yòng | to occupy |
| 侵占 (侵佔) | qīn zhàn | to invade and occupy (territory) |
| 占地 | zhàn dì | to take up space; to occupy (space) |
See also: Japanese symbol for “observe”.
Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.