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

• 𬾁, 㓍, 𪡁, 𡊿, 㤝, 㧤, 㳘, 𤞀, 𣑁, 𭴤, 珫, 𦚳, 𪽒, 𥅻, 𥒝, 𬓦, 䘪, 統(统), 䟲, 銃(铳), 𫸊
• 𪞅, 𩩇, 𪁇, 𠡜, 𠒨, 𭐤, 茺, 𥬱, 𬪲

References

• KangXi: 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 (充) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 

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

Ideogrammic compound (會意): 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
• Min Dong (BUC): chṳ̆ng
• Min Nan

  (Hokkien, POJ): chhiong

  (Teochew, Peng'im): cong¹

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• 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 Meinong)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: chhûng
    • Hakka Romanization System: cung´
    • Hagfa Pinyim: cung¹
    • Sinological IPA: /t͡sʰuŋ²⁴/
• Min Dong
  • (Fuzhou)
    • Bàng-uâ-cê: chṳ̆ng
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyŋ⁵⁵/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: chhiong
    • Tâi-lô: tshiong
    • Phofsit Daibuun: chiofng
    • IPA (Xiamen): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /t͡ɕʰiɔŋ⁴⁴/
  • (Teochew)
    • Peng'im: cong¹
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī-like: tshong
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰoŋ³³/

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• 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/
	Tunxi	/t͡sʰan¹¹/
Xiang	Changsha	/ʈ͡ʂʰoŋ³³/
	Xiangtan	/ʈ͡ʂʰən³³/
Gan	Nanchang	/t͡sʰuŋ⁴²/
Hakka	Meixian	/t͡sʰuŋ⁴⁴/
	Taoyuan	/tʃʰuŋ²⁴/
Cantonese	Guangzhou	/t͡sʰoŋ⁵³/
	Nanning	/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
	Hong Kong	/t͡sʰuŋ⁵⁵/
Min	Xiamen (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰiɔŋ⁵⁵/
	Fuzhou (Min Dong)	/t͡sʰyŋ⁴⁴/
	Jian'ou (Min Bei)	/t͡sʰœyŋ⁵⁴/
	Shantou (Min Nan)	/t͡sʰoŋ³³/
	Haikou (Min Nan)	/soŋ²³/

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• Middle Chinese: /t͡ɕʰɨuŋ/

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/
Bernard 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	充
Rime group	終
Rime subdivision	0
Corresponding MC rime	充
Old Chinese	/*l̥ʰjuŋ/
Notes	說文育省聲

Definitions

充

1. to fill
2. full
3. (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

Derived terms from 充

• 假充
• 充人 (chōngrén)
• 充任 (chōngrèn)
• 充作 (chōngzuò)
• 充光棍
• 充公 (chōnggōng)
• 充其量 (chōngqíliàng)
• 充分 (chōngfèn)
• 充塞 (chōngsè)
• 充填 (chōngtián)
• 充庭
• 充斥 (chōngchì)
• 充沛 (chōngpèi)
• 充溢 (chōngyì)
• 充然
• 充牣 (chōngrèn)
• 充盈 (chōngyíng)
• 充磁
• 充耳
• 充腴 (chōngyú)
• 充血 (chōngxuè)
• 充行家
• 充裕 (chōngyù)
• 充足 (chōngzú)
• 充身
• 冒充 (màochōng)
• 南充 (Nánchōng)

• 填充 (tiánchōng)
• 填充物 (tiánchōngwù)
• 填充玩具
• 混充 (hùnchōng)
• 王充
• 精力充沛
• 褎如充耳
• 食不充口
• 充內行／充内行
• 充分就業／充分就业
• 充員戰士／充员战士
• 充場面／充场面
• 充實／充实 (chōngshí)
• 充排場／充排场
• 充數／充数 (chōngshù)
• 充暢／充畅
• 充棟汗牛／充栋汗牛
• 充氣／充气 (chōngqì)
• 充氣燈泡／充气灯泡
• 充滿／充满 (chōngmǎn)
• 充當／充当 (chōngdāng)
• 充發／充发
• 充羨／充羡
• 充耳不聞／充耳不闻 (chōng'ěrbùwén)
• 充能幹／充能干
• 充詘／充诎
• 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
• 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)
• 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)
• 畫餅充饑／画饼充饥
• 腦充血／脑充血 (nǎochōngxuè)
• 補充／补充 (bǔchōng)
• 補充兵役／补充兵役
• 趙充國／赵充国
• 輪充／轮充
• 食不充腸／食不充肠
• 食不充飢／食不充饥

Japanese

Kanji

充

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

1. bring up
2. grow up
3. raise
4. rear
5. be full

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)

Proper noun

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

1. a male given name

Korean

Hanja

充 (eumhun 채울 충 (chae'ul chung))

1. Hanja form^? of 충 (“to fill”).

Compounds

• 충분 (充分, chungbun, “enough”)

Vietnamese

Han character

充: Hán Nôm readings: sung

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