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満たす

みたす

to fill, to satisfy

Mnemonic

You fill the thing right the way up, and a set of requirements gets filled in exactly the same way. The same Michiru みた as 満ちる, except that this time somebody did the filling. He does not: みたす.

Worth knowing

満ちる みちる is a thing filling up on its own. 満たす is you filling it, or meeting a condition.

Built from

full
氵 water on the left, filled right up to the top of whatever is holding it and no room left.

Words sharing these kanji

satisfaction dissatisfaction, discontent to fill, to become full

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