Kanji Kaisen

漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People

充: allot, fill

JLPT N16 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met

允 carries the meaning · 亠 carries meaning and sound

6 strokes

Two readings, and the words that use each

ジュウjuu · on'yomi · in compounds

  • 充分なじゅうぶんなplenty, sufficient
  • 充満するじゅうまんするbe filled, teeming
  • 充電するじゅうでんするcharge (a battery)
  • 充実するじゅうじつするenrich, perfect, complete
  • 補充するほじゅうするsupplement, replenish
  • 拡充するかくじゅうするexpand

あてるateru · kun'yomi · on its own

  • 充てるあてるassign, allocate

Also read みたす, with no example words in our sources. Words: Kanji alive, CC BY 4.0.

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“Stand tall on your own two feet! This radical represents the physical foundation of a person—their legs and their incredible ability to walk, stand firm, and move through the world.”
More in the 儿 human legs story
繋がり
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
亠

Also built on lid (亠)

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充 gives its sound to

The family reading is ジュウ (juu). Sound parts: KanjiVG.

Also read ジュウ

11 kanji share this on'yomi
In ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · chōng

Same form: 充 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).

Simplified
充 mainland China, Singapore
Traditional
充 Taiwan, Hong Kong

Pinyin chōng most common reading

Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.

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