# 充 fill up

(decapitated cow) + (human legs)
★☆☆☆☆
6 strokes
BETA PN

## Onyomi

JUU | JEWISH people like to fill up on Eastern European traditional dishes like blintzes and knish.

## Mnemonic

| I decapitated the cow and found that its belly was full of human legs! What do you have to say about that, PETA? Yeah, I thought so.

## Jukugo

充実した(じゅうじつした) | plentiful, full ★☆☆☆☆ F 充 (fill up) + 実 (truth) = 充実した (plentiful, full) a somewhat formal way to say, "full, satisfactory, plentiful"
充電(じゅうでん) する | charge a battery ☆☆☆☆☆ 充 (fill up) + 電 (electricity) = 充電 (charge a battery) charge a battery (no stars, but it demonstrates the 'fill up' meaning)
補充(ほじゅう) する | suppliment ☆☆☆☆☆ 補 (supplement) + 充 (fill up) = 補充 (suppliment) to suppliment, (a shortfall or deficit) or replenish (fluids, vitamins to replenish strength, restock the store-room) - it's like 補う, but the nuance is that you are restocking a supply of something which has dwindled.

## Lookalikes

| Meaning | Hint | Radical
--- | --- | --- | ---
去 | past tense | ム IS UNDER 土 |
至 | until | ム IS ABOVE　土 |
充 | fill up | LEGS |

In the past, moocows lived UNDER the earth,

until they finally migrated ABOVEground.

The tunnels were filled up with the LEGS of the migrating cows.

## Used In

- 統
- 銃

## Synonyms

supplement 補う 補強 補充する 補遺