充 (chōng): sufficient, full, to fill, to serve as, to act as

充 (chōng) is a Chinese character meaning “sufficient.” Classified as HSK Level 5 (HSK 3.0 Standard, CLEC 2022), it is composed of 亠 (structural) and 允 (structural). It ranks #690 in character frequency (SUBTLEX-CH corpus).

Spoken pronunciation

Definitions

  1. sufficient
  2. full
  3. to fill
  4. to serve as
  5. to act as

Stroke Order

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Words & Compounds

HSK Vocabulary with 充

WordPinyinMeaningHSK
充满verbchōng mǎnfull of5
充分adjectivechōng fènample5
补充verbbǔ chōngto replenish5
充足adjectivechōng zúadequate5
充电verbchōng diànto recharge (a battery)5
充实adjective/verbchōng shírich6
充值verbchōng zhíto recharge (money onto a card)5

Common Compounds

WordPinyinMeaning
冒充verbmào chōngto feign
充斥verbchōng chìto be full of
充当verbchōng dāngto serve as
精力充沛jīng lì chōng pèivigorous
充气verbchōng qìto pump air (into sth)
填充verbtián chōngto fill up
充电器nounchōng diàn qìbattery charger
充裕adjectivechōng yùabundant
充沛adjectivechōng pèiabundant
填充物nountián chōng wùfiller
充血verbchōng xuèhyperemia (increase in blood flow)
充公verbchōng gōngto confiscate
充其量adverbchōng qí liàngat most
充耳不闻phrasechōng ěr bù wénto block one's ears and not listen (idiom)
扩充verbkuò chōngto expand
80
Total compounds
54
As first character
21
As last character
25
As middle character

充 appears in 80 compound words: 54 as the first character, 21 as the last, and 25 in a middle position. Compound statistics computed from SUBTLEX-CH and HSK 3.0 vocabulary data.

Strongest Collocations

Characters that most frequently co-occur with 充 in natural Chinese text, ranked by NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information) — a statistical measure of association strength.

填tián
0.5547,728 co-occurrences
补bǔ
0.55117,246 co-occurrences
满mǎn
0.54214,651 co-occurrences
熨yùn
0.540574 co-occurrences
斥chì
0.5324,108 co-occurrences
沛pèi
0.5023,171 co-occurrences
冒mào
0.4843,870 co-occurrences
扩kuò
0.4775,118 co-occurrences
足zú
0.4509,832 co-occurrences
桩zhuāng
0.428269 co-occurrences

Idioms & Chengyu (7)

充耳不闻chōng'ěrbùwénHSK 5+

to turn a deaf ear

phrase
充分就业chōng fèn jiù yèHSK 5+

full employment

phrase
汗牛充栋hànniúchōngdòngHSK 6+

to be numerous

phrase
画饼充饥huàbǐngchōngjīHSK 6+

to feed on illusions; (of something attractive-looking) to be of no actual use; like a pie in the sky

phrase
精力充沛jīng lì chōng pèiHSK 7+

vigorous; energetic

phrase

Showing 5 of 7 idioms containing 充.

Example Sentences

AI-Generated

充足的睡眠对身体健康非常重要。

Chōngfèn de shuìmián duì shēntǐ jiànkāng fēicháng zhòngyào.

Sufficient sleep is very important for physical health.

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. . . ) qián zhān : 8 G B nèi cún , bù zhī chí yuán cǎi xiǎn shì , kuài chōng , wú bèi guāng jiàn pán

...) Preview: 8GB of RAM, no support for True Tone display, fast charging, no backlit keyboard

Cool3cFeb 2026

便宜到得凑免运 65W快充特价321元 支援1A2C输出、日本亚马...

biàn yí dào dé còu miǎn yùn 6 5 W kuài chōng tè jià 3 2 1 yuán zhī yuán 1 A 2 C shū chū , rì běn yà mǎ . . .

It's so cheap that you can make up for free shipping, 65W fast charging special price 321 yuan, support 1A2C output, Japan Yama...

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川普国情咨文 学者:若充满情绪动员 只是为期中选举暖身

chuān pǔ guó qíng zī wén xué zhě : ruò chōng mǎn qíng xù dòng yuán zhī shì wéi qī zhōng xuǎn jǔ nuǎn shēn

Trump's State of the Union Address Scholars: If it is full of emotions, it is just a warm-up for the midterm elections

Hk01.comFeb 2026

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yù suàn àn 2 0 2 6 huì dì huáng guāng yào : háo zhái mǎi jiā shí lì chōng yù jiā shuì wèi bì zǔ rù shì yì yù

Budget 2026|Hui Di Huang Guangyao: Luxury home buyers are strong enough to raise taxes may not stop the desire to enter the market

百度新闻Feb 2026

大型翻车现场!印度大学买中国机器狗充自研,被抓包后..

dà xíng fān chē xiàn chǎng ! yìn dù dà xué mǎi zhōng guó jī qì gǒu chōng zì yán , bèi zhuā bāo hòu . .

Large-scale overturn scene! Indian universities to buy Chinese robotic dogs for self-research, was caught after...

Tatoeba

你这样就是画饼充饥!

Nǐ zhèyàng jiùshì huàbǐngchōngjī!

You're just comforting yourself with a fantasy!

Tatoeba

请把它充入我的账户。

Qǐng bǎ tā chōng rù wǒ de zhànghù.

Please add it to my account.

Tatoeba

我小睡后就感到精力充沛。

Wǒ xiǎoshuì hòu jiù gǎndào jīnglì chōngpèi.

A little nap and, just like that, I'm as fresh as a daisy.

Tatoeba

玫瑰的香味充满了整个房间。

Méiguī de xiāngwèi chōngmǎn le zhěnggè fángjiān.

The smell of roses filled the entire room.

Character Family

Homophones — Characters pronounced chōng

Frequently Asked Questions

What does 充 (chōng) mean in Chinese?
充 (chōng) primarily means "sufficient." It is classified as HSK Level 5, making it an advanced character. It ranks #690 in character frequency.
What's the difference between 充 and 空?
充 (chōng) and 空 (kōng) are often confused. antonym. The key distinguishing feature: 充 (full) vs 空 (empty).
How many strokes does 充 have?
充 is written with 6 strokes. The correct stroke order matters for recognition and handwriting speed — practice with the animated guide above to build proper technique.
What is the radical of 充?
The radical associated with 充 is 儿 (legs). This radical appears in many characters related to legs.
What are the components of 充?
充 is composed of: 亠 (structural), 允 (structural). Its IDS decomposition is ⿱亠允 with a top-bottom layout. Understanding the components helps with both memorization and recognizing related characters.
What are common words containing 充?
Common words with 充 include: 充满 (chōng mǎn, "full of"); 充分 (chōng fèn, "ample"); 补充 (bǔ chōng, "to replenish"); 充足 (chōng zú, "adequate"); 充电 (chōng diàn, "to recharge (a battery)"). There are over 80 compound words containing this character.
What characters sound the same as 充 (chōng)?
Several characters share the pronunciation chōng: 重 (to repeat), 冲 ((of water) to dash against), 虫 (insect), 崇 (high), and 1 more. Context and tones help distinguish between them in speech and writing.
Is 充 the same in simplified and traditional Chinese?
Yes, 充 is written the same way in both simplified and traditional Chinese.

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Character data sourced from Unihan (Unicode Consortium), SUBTLEX-CH frequency corpus (Cai & Brysbaert, 2010), and Make Me a Hanzi (stroke data). Collocation strength measured via NPMI (Normalized Pointwise Mutual Information). Verified by the HanziFeed linguistics team.

HSK classification follows the HSK 3.0 Standard (Center for Language Education and Cooperation, CLEC, 2022 revision). Idiom data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Data last verified: March 2026.