填
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to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in
- HSK 3.0
- Level 4
- Old HSK
- Level 4
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 土 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 填
- Common rank
- #1,791
- Unicode
- U+586B
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Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 填
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 精卫填海 | lit. mythical bird Jingwei tries to fill the ocean with stones (idiom); futile ambition; t… | |
| 填字游戏 | crossword | |
| 填塞物 | stuffing; filling material | |
| 完形填空 | cloze (pedagogy) | |
| 恨海难填 | sea of hatred is hard to fill (idiom); irreconcilable division | |
| 完型填空 | cloze (pedagogy) | |
| 充填因数 | complementary factor | |
| 填地 | landfill | |
| 填海 | land reclamation | |
| 填空 | to fill a job vacancy; to fill in a blank (e.g. on a form, questionnaire or exam paper) | |
| 充填物 | filling material; stuffing; lining; filling | |
| 填充物 | filler; filling; stuffing | |
| 填报 | to fill in and submit (a form) | |
| 代填 | to fill in a form for sb else | |
| 回填 | to backfill | |
| 填词 | to compose a poem (to a given tune) | |
| 填鸭式 | force feeding (as a teaching method) | |
| 填表 | to fill out a form; to complete a form | |
| 装填 | to load; to fill (into a container) | |
| 填房 | second wife (of a widower) |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 真 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 真 sound part | real, actual, true, genuine | |
| 镇 | calm, composed; to control, to suppress | |
| 颠 | peak, summit, top; to upset | |
| 慎 | cautious, prudent | |
| 嗔 | to be angry at, to rebuke, to scold | |
| 滇 | Yunnan province | |
| 缜 | fine, detailed; closely woven | |
| 禛 | to receive blessings | |
| 瑱 | a jade earring | |
| 瞋 | to glare | |
| 鬒 | glossy black hair | |
| 稹 | to accumulate |