Memory phrase (Mnemonic) for: 充

充

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Meaning

 assign, fill, charge (battery), sufficient, allot

Pronunciation

 JŪ
mitasu, ateru

Explanation

 Top: newborn baby (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), below: legs 儿 - Here: see similarity to flow/stream 流

Mnemonic

The new born baby flounders with his legs to be 'filled' [= be fed]) and satisfied.

Radicals

充 assign, fill (battery)
new born baby(Character of 子, but upside down: The child comes at the birth with head first.)
儿 moving feet(Radical: hitoashi)
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Vocabulary

充分 じゅうぶん sufficient, enough, plenty
充実 じゅうじつ fullness, completion, perfection, substantiality, enrichment
拡充 かくじゅう expansion
補充 ほじゅう supplementation/supplement/replenishment/replenishing

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