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Kanji Detail for 充 - "to fill"

充

  • Meaning

    充 means "to fill." Also associated with abundant, to allocate.

    1. Fill - To make full; to complete.

    2. Abundant - Plentiful; having much.

    3. Allocate - To assign for a purpose.

  • Words using 充

    • 充実 じゅうじつ Listen fullness; completeness; perfection
    • 拡充 かくじゅう Listen expansion
    • 補充 ほじゅう Listen replenishment; supplementation; supplement
    • 充電 じゅうでん Listen charging (electrically); recharging one's batteries (e.g. by taking a nap); replenishing (one's energy)
    • 充満 じゅうまん Listen being filled with; being full of; permeation
    • 充当 じゅうとう Listen allocation; appropriation
    • 充足 じゅうそく Listen sufficiency
    • 充てる あてる Listen to assign; to set aside

  • Four-character idioms with 充

    • 汗牛充棟 かんぎゅうじゅうとう Listen (having, there being) a great number of books

  • Tattoo check: 充

    • Verified meaning: to fill
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつし, あつる, じゅう, しゅうじ)
    • Also carries these associations: abundant, to allocate

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 充

    Given names 充(あつる)Listen 充(じゅう)Listen 充(たかし)Listen 充(まこと)Listen 充(みち)Listen 充(みちる)Listen 充(みつ)Listen

    Surnames 充(あつし)Listen 充(しゅうじ)Listen 充(しゅうみ)Listen 充(そうじ)Listen 充(そうしち)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    allot; fill

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    fill, be full, supply

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    to fill, to supply; to be full

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Full; replete. Such as 精神充足 (full of energy). | To fill; to make replete. Such as 充數, meaning to make up the number. | To stuff. Such as 充耳不聞 (turn a deaf ear). | To serve as. Holding a position is called 充當. Also, false pretense is called 冒充, meaning falsely serving as.

  • Onyomi

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    juu(ジュウ) ジュウ

  • Kunyomi

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    a.teru(あ-てる) あ-てる

    mi.tasu(み-たす) み-たす

  • Strokes

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    6 strokes

  • Radical

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    儿 (ninnyo・hitoashi)

  • Related Keywords

    to fill abundant to allocate busy cover full satisfy supply adequate ample assign bountiful complete copious generous occupy plentiful replenish rich whole

Sentences including 充

  • Thank you , i've had enough.

  • His latest novel is well worth reading.

  • There is enough room for us to play.

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