充 chōng to fill
to fill; to supply; to be full
How it came to be
The upside-down child of the birth block, over a standing figure. A newborn above the person it grew into: filling out is the sense, so it also means to stock and to serve as.
How it is used
- Bound verb meaning "to fill/supply", almost always in compounds rather than alone.
- Everyday tech/life words: 充电 chōngdiàn "to charge (a battery)", 充值 chōngzhí "to top up (a phone/account)" - both extremely common in daily speech.
- 充满 chōngmǎn "to be full of" takes an abstract object (充满希望 chōngmǎn xīwàng - "full of hope"), while 充分 chōngfèn "ample, fully" is often adverbial before a verb (充分利用 chōngfèn lìyòng - "make full use of").
- 补充 bǔchōng "to supplement/add" is the word for adding extra information in a conversation or meeting.
Characters built with 充
Words with 充
- 充值chōngzhíto recharge (money onto a card)HSK 5
- 充分chōngfènampleHSK 5
- 充满chōngmǎnfull ofHSK 5
- 充电chōngdiànto recharge (a battery)HSK 5
- 充足chōngzúadequateHSK 5
- 补充bǔchōngto replenishHSK 5
- 充实chōngshírichHSK 6
- 充当chōngdāngto serve asHSK 8
- 充斥chōngchìto be full ofHSK 8
- 充沛chōngpèiabundantHSK 8
- 充裕chōngyùabundantHSK 8
- 冒充màochōngto feignHSK 8
- 填充tiánchōngto fill upHSK 8
- 扩充kuòchōngto expandHSK 8