充
充 — Allot
allot, fill
On’yomiジュウ (juu)
Kun’yomiあてる (ateru)
Kun’yomiみたす (mitasu)
Stroke order (6 strokes)
Watch the strokes draw themselves in the correct order — numbers mark where each stroke starts. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA).
Common words using 充
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 充実 | じゅうじつ juujitsu | fullness; completeness; perfection |
| 拡充 | かくじゅう kakujuu | expansion |
| 補充 | ほじゅう hojuu | replenishment; supplementation; supplement |
| 充電 | じゅうでん juuden | charging (electrically); recharging one's batteries (e.g. by taking a nap); replenishing (one's energy) |
| 充満 | じゅうまん juuman | being filled with; being full of; permeation |
| 充てる | あてる ateru | to assign; to set aside |
Study notes
充 is a JLPT N1 kanji written with 6 strokes. It is taught at secondary-school level in Japan. Ranked #949 of the 2,500 most frequent kanji in newspapers. On’yomi (音読み) are Chinese-derived readings mostly used in compound words; kun’yomi (訓読み) are native Japanese readings, with any highlighted part written in hiragana after the kanji (okurigana).
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