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Kotomora

填

fill in

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Readings

On'yomi

  • テン
  • チン

Kun'yomi

  • は.まる
  • は.める
  • うず.める
  • しず.める
  • ふさ.ぐ

Nanori

  • まき

Meaning

填 centers on filling an empty space or gap: putting something in to make it full or complete.

Most common words using 填

  • 充填じゅうてん

    filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging

  • 装填そうてん

    loading; charging; filling

  • 補填ほてん

    covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation

  • 充填剤じゅうてんざい

    filler (for making plastic, rubber, etc.)

  • 充填文字じゅうてんもじ

    fill character

  • 充填物じゅうてんぶつ

    packing; filling material

  • 充填豆腐じゅうてんとうふ

    jūten tofu; (silken) tofu formed directly in its own packaging

  • 六方最密充填ろっぽうさいみつじゅうてん

    hexagonal close packing

  • 填料てんりょう

    loading material (for making paper); filler

  • 填星てんせい

    Saturn (planet)

  • 填補てんぽ

    making up (a deficit, loss, etc.); covering; compensation; supplementation; replenishment

  • 填詞てんし

    ci (form of Chinese poetry)

  • 填隙てんげき

    caulking; calking

  • 平面充填へいめんじゅうてん

    tessellation

  • 損失補填そんしつほてん

    compensation for a loss

  • 最密充填構造さいみつじゅうてんこうぞう

    close-packed structure

  • 空間充填くうかんじゅうてん

    space-filling

  • 立方最密充填りっぽうさいみつじゅうてん

    cubic close packing; cubic closest packing

  • 立方最密充填構造りっぽうさいみつじゅうてんこうぞう

    cubic close-packed structure

  • 補填金ほてんきん

    compensation money

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Etymology

填 combines 土 (earth) with 真, which likely contributes the sound and the idea of filling or making solid. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

The left side is earth 土, and the right side 真 looks like a container being filled. Picture shoveling earth into a hole until it is completely filled in.

Reading mnemonic

For テン, imagine filling a hole with ten shovelfuls of earth: ten -> テン, and the earth fills the gap.