platform (at a railway station); (Tw) (of an influential person) to pu
站 (zhàn) · 10 strokes
Phonosemantic compound. 立 represents the meaning and 占 represents the sound.
台 (Tái) · 5 strokes
Originally 台 and 㠯 were pronounced the same and thus written the same. Later 口 was added to distinguish the characters.