充

See also: 㐬 and 允

充	U+5145, 充 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-5145

← 兄
[U+5144]

CJK Unified Ideographs

兆 →
[U+5146]

充	U+FA74, 充 CJK COMPATIBILITY IDEOGRAPH-FA74

← 侀
[U+FA73]

CJK Compatibility Ideographs

冀 →
[U+FA75]

Translingual

Han character

充 (Kangxi radical 10, 儿+4, 6 strokes, cangjie input 卜戈竹山 (YIHU), four-corner 0021₃, composition ⿱𠫓儿)

Derived characters

㓍, 㤝, 㧤, 㳘, 珫, 䘪, 統(统), 䟲, 銃(铳), 茺

Additional Derived Characters

𬾁, 𱍮, 𪡁, 𡊿, 𤞀, 𣑁, 𭴤, 𦚳, 𪽒, 𥅻, 𥒝, 𬓦, 𲌗, 𫸊
𱷋, 𪞅, 𩩇, 𪁇, 𠡜, 𠒨, 𭐤, 𥬱, 𬪲

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 124, character 1
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 1345
Dae Jaweon: page 260, character 1
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 1, page 269, character 2
Unihan data for U+5145

Unihan data for U+FA74

Chinese

trad.		充
simp. ^#		充

Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 充
Small seal script s06204 Transcribed ancient scripts L29868 L29869 L29870 L29871 L29872 L29873 L29874 L29875 L29876 L00563 L00564 L00565 L00566 L00567 L00568
References: Mostly from Richard Sears' Chinese Etymology site (authorisation), which in turn draws data from various collections of ancient forms of Chinese characters, including: Shuowen Jiezi (small seal), Jinwen Bian (bronze inscriptions), Liushutong (Liushutong characters) and Yinxu Jiaguwen Bian (oracle bone script).

Characters in the same phonetic series () (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
統	*tʰuːŋs
充	*l̥ʰjuŋ
珫	*tʰjuŋ
茺	*tʰjuŋ
銃	*tʰjuŋs

Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): 𠫓 (“a newborn”) + 儿 (“standing person”) – A newborn grows to stand and become mature.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): chōng (chong¹)

(Zhuyin): ㄔㄨㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cung¹
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): chhûng
Eastern Min (BUC): chṳ̆ng
Southern Min
(Hokkien, POJ): chhiong

(Teochew, Peng'im): cong¹
Wu (Northern, Wugniu): ¹tshon

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: chōng
  - Zhuyin: ㄔㄨㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: chong
  - Wade–Giles: chʻung¹
  - Yale: chūng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chong
  - Palladius: чун (čun)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: cung¹
  - Yale: chūng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsung¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: cung¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰʊŋ⁵⁵/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûng
  - Hakka Romanization System: cung^ˊ
  - Hagfa Pinyim: cung¹
  - Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
Eastern Min
- (Fuzhou)
  - Bàng-uâ-cê: chṳ̆ng
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyŋ⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
  - Tâi-lô: tshiong
  - Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
  - IPA (Xiamen): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ³³/
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Taipei): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡sʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
- (Teochew)
  - Peng'im: cong¹
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshong
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ³³/
Wu
- (Northern: Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou)
  - Wugniu: ¹tshon
  - MiniDict: tshon^平
  - Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹tshon
  - Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
  - Sinological IPA (Suzhou): /t͡sʰoŋ⁴⁴/
  - Sinological IPA (Hangzhou): /t͡sʰoŋ³³⁴/

Dialectal data

Variety	Location	edit 充
Mandarin	Beijing	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁵⁵/
	Harbin	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Tianjin	/t͡sʰuŋ²¹/
	Jinan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²¹³/
	Qingdao	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²¹³/
	Zhengzhou	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ²⁴/
	Xi'an	/p͡fʰəŋ²¹/ ～電 /p͡fʰəŋ⁵³/ ～當
	Xining	/ʈ͡ʂʰuə̃⁴⁴/
	Yinchuan	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Lanzhou	/p͡fʰə̃n³¹/
	Ürümqi	/ʈ͡ʂʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Wuhan	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
	Chengdu	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
	Guiyang	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
	Kunming	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ⁴⁴/
	Nanjing	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ³¹/
	Hefei	/ʈ͡ʂʰəŋ²¹/
Jin	Taiyuan	/t͡sʰuəŋ¹¹/
	Pingyao	/t͡sʰuŋ¹³/
	Hohhot	/t͡sʰũŋ³¹/
Wu	Shanghai	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
	Suzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵⁵/
	Hangzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ³³/
	Wenzhou	/t͡ɕʰoŋ³³/
Hui	Shexian	/t͡sʰʌ̃³¹/
Hui	Tunxi	/t͡sʰan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ³³/
Xiang	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂʰən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰuŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁴/
Hakka	Taoyuan	/tʃʰuŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Hokkien)	/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Eastern Min)	/t͡sʰyŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Northern Min)	/t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Teochew)	/t͡sʰoŋ³³/
	Haikou (Hainanese)	/soŋ²³/

Middle Chinese: tsyhuwng

Rime
Character	充
Reading #	1/1
Initial (聲)	昌 (24)
Final (韻)	東 (2)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open
Division (等)	III
Fanqie	昌終切
Baxter	tsyhuwng
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/t͡ɕʰɨuŋ/
Pan Wuyun	/t͡ɕʰiuŋ/
Shao Rongfen	/t͡ɕʰiuŋ/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/cʰuwŋ/
Li Rong	/t͡ɕʰiuŋ/
Wang Li	/t͡ɕʰĭuŋ/
Bernhard Karlgren	/t͡ɕʰi̯uŋ/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	chōng
Expected Cantonese Reflex	cung¹

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*tʰuŋ/

(Zhengzhang): /*l̥ʰjuŋ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	充
Reading #	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	chōng
Middle Chinese	‹ tsyhuwng ›
Old Chinese	/*tʰuŋ/
English	full, fill
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	充
Reading #	1/1
No.	1491
Phonetic component
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰjuŋ/
Notes	說文育省聲

Definitions

充

to fill
full
(archaic) to serve as
- c. 1330 - 1400: Luo Guanzhong, Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Chapter 5
  跟隨劉玄德充馬弓手。
  He serves as a cavalry officer for Liu Xuande.

Compounds

假充
充人 (chōngrén)
充任 (chōngrèn)
充作 (chōngzuò)
充光棍
充內行 / 充内行
充公 (chōnggōng)
充其量 (chōngqíliàng)
充分 (chōngfèn)
充分就業 / 充分就业
充員戰士 / 充员战士
充場面 / 充场面
充塞 (chōngsè)
充填 (chōngtián)
充實 / 充实 (chōngshí)
充庭
充排場 / 充排场
充數 / 充数 (chōngshù)
充斥 (chōngchì)
充暢 / 充畅 (chōngchàng)
充棟汗牛 / 充栋汗牛
充氣 / 充气 (chōngqì)
充氣燈泡 / 充气灯泡
充沛 (chōngpèi)
充溢 (chōngyì)
充滿 / 充满 (chōngmǎn)
充然
充牣 (chōngrèn)
充當 / 充当 (chōngdāng)
充發 / 充发
充盈 (chōngyíng)
充磁
充羨 / 充羡
充耳
充耳不聞 / 充耳不闻 (chōng'ěrbùwén)
充能幹 / 充能干
充腴 (chōngyú)
充血 (chōngxuè)
充行家
充裕 (chōngyù)
充詘 / 充诎
充足 (chōngzú)
充身
充軍 / 充军 (chōngjūn)
充門面 / 充门面
充閭 / 充闾
充電 / 充电 (chōngdiàn)
充類至盡 / 充类至尽
充飢 / 充饥 (chōngjī)
充饑畫餅 / 充饥画饼 (chōngjī huà bǐng)
冒充 (màochōng)
南充 (Nánchōng)
填充 (tiánchōng)
填充物 (tiánchōngwù)
填充玩具
填充題 / 填充题
振鷺充庭 / 振鹭充庭
擴充 / 扩充 (kuòchōng)
擴充解釋 / 扩充解释
權充 / 权充 (quánchōng)
氣充志定 / 气充志定
氣充志驕 / 气充志骄
氣充文見 / 气充文见
汗充棟豪 / 汗充栋豪
汗牛充棟 / 汗牛充栋 (hànniúchōngdòng)
混充 (hùnchōng)
減充血劑 / 减充血剂 (jiǎnchōngxuèjì)
漏脯充饑 / 漏脯充饥
濫竽充數 / 滥竽充数 (lànyúchōngshù)
王充
畫餅充饑 / 画饼充饥 (huàbǐngchōngjī)
精力充沛
腦充血 / 脑充血 (nǎochōngxuè)
補充 / 补充 (bǔchōng)
補充兵役 / 补充兵役
褎如充耳
趙充國 / 赵充国
輪充 / 轮充
食不充口
食不充腸 / 食不充肠
食不充飢 / 食不充饥

Japanese

Kanji

充

(Jōyō kanji)

Readings

Go-on: しゅ (shu)
Kan-on: しゅう (shū)
Kan’yō-on: じゅう (jū, Jōyō)
Kun: あてる (ateru, 充てる, Jōyō)、みちる (michiru, 充ちる)、みたす (mitasu, 充たす)

Pronunciation

Kanji in this term
充
みつる Grade: S
nanori

Kanji in this term
充
たかし Grade: S
nanori

(Tokyo) みつる [mìtsúrú] (Heiban – [0])
IPA^(key): [mʲit͡sɨɾɯ̟]

IPA^(key): [ta̠ka̠ɕi]

Proper noun

充(みつる) or 充(たかし) • (Mitsuru or Takashi)

a male given name

Korean

Hanja

充 (eumhun 채울 충 (chae'ul chung))

hanja form^? of 충 (“to fill”)

Compounds

충분 (充分, chungbun, “enough”)

Vietnamese

Han character

充: Hán Nôm readings: sung

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