The kanji 塡: meaning, readings and stroke order

塡

Meaning: fill, make up for
On reading: テン ten
Kun reading: —
Strokes: 13
Radical: 土 earth
Level: Level 10 · the last years of senior high
Also written: 填

Stroke order

Meaning in other languages

Vietnamese: lấp đầy, bù vào (điền)
Japanese: うめる。たりないぶんをおぎなう。
Korean: 메우다, 채우다 (전·진)
Chinese: 填满、填补 (填)

Readings, words and example sentences

テン ten · on reading · less common

補ほ塡てん
making up for (a shortfall)
不足を 補ほ塡てんします。
They make up for what is missing.

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Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.