The Japanese Radical: 充


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assign, fill (battery)    充

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Used in these characters:
JLPT 3Joyo 3
stream, flow, drift
nagareru, RYŪ, RU
Left: water 氵, right: newborn baby (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), water/amniotic fluid 川
Water as well as a newborn baby's amniotic fluid are flowing.  
JLPT 1Joyo 5
unification, unity, supervision, govern, lineage
suberu,
Left: thread 糸, right: to fill 充 (The new born baby [child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first] flounders with its legs 儿 to be 'filled' [= to be fed].)
If threads are filled in, it's a unification.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
assign, fill, charge (battery), sufficient, allot
mitasu, ateru,
Top: newborn baby (child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first), below: legs 儿 - Here: see similarity to flow/stream 流
The new born baby flounders with his legs to be 'filled' [= be fed]) and satisfied.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
gun, rifle, arms

Left: metal 金, right: fill, charge 充 (The new born baby [child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first] flounders with its legs 儿 to be 'filled' [= fed])
Metal fills/loads the gun.  
JLPT 1Joyo 7
sulfur
RYŪ
Left: stone 石, right shows a part of: 'to flow' 流 (newborn baby [child 子 turned upside down, because at birth with head first], [amniotic] fluid 川/水)
[The melting point is 115°C] A stone that can flow is sulfur.  

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