字 Kanji Decipher

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.

充 6 strokes

Components

This character is treated as a single, undivided shape (充).

  • 充 meaning part

Common words

  • 拡充 かくじゅう expansion
  • 充実 じゅうじつ fullness; completeness
  • 充足 じゅうそく sufficiency
  • 充填 じゅうてん filling (up); replenishing
  • 充電 じゅうでん charging (electrically)
  • 充当 じゅうとう allocation; appropriation
  • 充満 じゅうまん being filled with; being full of
  • 補充 ほじゅう replenishment; supplementation

Related kanji

Same radical

Reference

Strokes
6
Kangxi radical
10
Formation type
Pictographic or simple
Grade
Jōyō (secondary school)
Frequency rank
#949 (newspapers)
Former JLPT
level 1
Unicode
U+05145