充実

じゅうじつ · juujitsu · JLPT N1 · noun

comprehensiveness

🍎 充 (fill) + 実 (real, solid): a life fully filled out, like a full, real harvest.

充 means to fill up, 実 means fruit or substance. Together they describe something packed full with real content. Juujitsu is fullness and perfection.

充 — 育 (raise/grow) on top of 儿 (legs/person)
Originally depicted a person walking forward, suggesting movement and advancement. The form combines a growth element above with a person below, evoking the sense of being filled up or made full as one grows. Over time, the meaning shifted from 'go forward' to 'fill, fulfill, abundant'.

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