Meaning & readings
allot, fill
On’yomi ジュウ
Kun’yomi あ.てる、み.たす
Nanori あつ、のぶ、まさ、みち、みつ、よし
Origin
This character appears to show a person (the vertical line on the left representing a human figure) with something filling or extending outward from the body (the box-like shape on the right). The image captures the idea of fullness or being completely filled, which led to meanings like "fill" and "allot." Over time, the character became more abstract and squared off, but the core concept of something being abundant or complete remained attached to it.
AI-generated (claude-haiku-4-5), not yet reviewed. Formation type (automated guess): Pictographic or simple.
Components
This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (充).
Common words
Reference
- Strokes
- 6
- Kangxi radical
- 10
- Grade
- Jōyō (secondary school)
- Frequency rank
- #949 (newspapers)
- Former JLPT
- level 1
- Unicode
- U+05145