We calculate the charge radii of nuclei in the frame of the finite-range droplet model including axial and reflection asymmetry. In addition, in order to empirically include dynamic contributions into the radius calculations, we use the quadrupole deformation deduced from the experimental B(E2;01 + 21 +) value as an input parameter. It is found that the calculated charge radii are in poor agreement with measured charge radii in the mass regions A < 110 and A > 210 . A slight systematic deviation is observed for the difference between model predictions and experiment for 110 < A < 210 . However calculated changes of charge radii along isotope chains are in better agreement with the experimental data when ’s from B(E2;01 + 21 +) values are used instead of the model ’s.