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 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 (充) (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

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/

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/
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

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
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)

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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