充

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sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as

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Formation & memory

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Components 亠允

sufficient · Heisig RSH #682

infant + human legs

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
西充县	Xī chōng Xiàn	Xichong, a county in Nanchong City 南充市[Nan2 chong1 Shi4], Sichuan
充电头	chōng diàn tóu	(coll.) wall charger; charging adapter
南充市	Nán chōng Shì	Nanchong, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省[Si4 chuan1 Sheng3]
飞线充电	fēi xiàn chōng diàn	to recharge (an electric vehicle) using an extension cable dangling out of a building
充电器	chōng diàn qì	battery charger
充满阳光	chōng mǎn yáng guāng	sun-drenched
王世充	Wáng Shì chōng	Wang Shichong (-621), general of late Sui and opponent of early Tang
充分就业	chōng fèn jiù yè	full employment
间充质干细胞	jiān chōng zhì gàn xì bāo	mesenchymal stem cell MSC (in cell biology)
充电宝	chōng diàn bǎo	power bank; portable charger
充耳不闻	chōng ěr bù wén	to block one's ears and not listen (idiom); to turn a deaf ear
充气船	chōng qì chuán	inflatable boat
脑充血	nǎo chōng xuè	stroke; cerebral hemorrhage
间充质	jiān chōng zhì	mesenchyme (loosely organized embryonic connective tissue)
充气	chōng qì	to pump air (into sth); to inflate
充电	chōng diàn	to recharge (a battery); (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure); to update o…
充分	chōng fèn	ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full
充发	chōng fā	to banish to penal servitude
西充	Xī chōng	see 西充縣\|西充县[Xi1 chong1 Xian4]
充公	chōng gōng	to confiscate

These characters use 充 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
充 sound part	chōng	to fill, to supply; to be full
统	tǒng	to govern, to command; to gather, to unite
铳	chòng	ancient weapon; blunderbuss