充
allot, fill
Readings
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
Meaning
充 centers on making something full or complete: filling a container, meeting a need, or allotting enough to reach fullness.
Most common words using 充
20 of 72- 充電じゅうでんN3
charging (electrically)
- 充実じゅうじつN2
fullness; completeness; perfection; substantiality
- 補充ほじゅうN1
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
- 拡充かくじゅうN2
expansion
- 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
- 充てるあてる
to assign; to set aside
- 充満じゅうまん
being filled with; being full of; permeation
- 充足じゅうそく
sufficiency
- 充当じゅうとう
allocation; appropriation
- 充血じゅうけつ
congestion (with blood); hyperemia; hyperaemia
- 充電器じゅうでんきN2
(battery) charger; AC adapter
- インダクティブ充電インダクティブじゅうでん
inductive charging
- キョロ充キョロじゅう
person who is preoccupied with appearing popular
- トリクル充電トリクルじゅうでん
trickle charge; trickle charging; TC
- フル充電フルじゅうでん
full charge (battery, condenser)
- プア充プアじゅう
being poor but satisfied; not desiring a higher salary
- ホルモン補充療法ホルモンほじゅうりょうほう
hormone replacement therapy
- モバ充モバじゅう
portable battery charger; power bank
- リア充リアじゅう
person who is satisfied with their real (offline) life; normie
- ワイヤレス充電ワイヤレスじゅうでん
wireless charging
Study
Etymology
充 is thought to combine 亠 (a lid or cover) with 允, which may contribute the sound and the idea of fullness or completion. The exact historical development is uncertain.
Meaning mnemonic
The top 亠 is like a lid, and the bottom 允 looks like a container being filled. Picture a lid placed on a full container: 充 means to fill or allot until full.
Reading mnemonic
For ジュウ, imagine filling a container with juice: juice -> ジュウ, and the container is filled to the brim.