霸占
bà zhàn · HSK 7
to occupy by force
👑 bà = tyrant + zhàn = occupy — a tyrant who seizes and holds everything
霸 (bà) means tyrant or hegemon, 占 (zhàn) means to occupy or take. Together they form a word for forcefully seizing something and refusing to let go, like a bully claiming a seat.
占 — divination 卜 + mouth 口
Originally a pictograph showing a divination crack 卜 above a mouth 口, depicting someone speaking the result of an oracle reading. From this 'declare by divination' sense it broadened to 'occupy, take possession of' (now read zhàn) and 'divine, foretell' (read zhān).