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重
🇹🇼🇭🇰🇨🇳🇯🇵🇰🇷

heavy

HSK 1 N3
Abstract →Qualities
zhòng, chóng
ジュウ、チョウ
え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう、かさ.ねる、かさ.なる、おも
중
Pictograph of a person (亻) carrying a heavy basket (東) on their back.
Components
亻 person (side)+ 東 east =
重 heavy
亻 Iconic component
rén person (side)
亻 is a component form of 人.
東 Phonetic component
east
Depicts a basket.
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Notes
Similar Characters
亿 hundred million (simp)什 what?仁 benevolence仃 solitary仅 solely (simp)仆 to fall forward (simp)仇 animosity仍 still仔 meticulous仕 official他 he仗 battle仙 immortal仟 one thousand代 generation仫 tribe (alt)们 plural (simp)仰 look up to仲 mid-仳 part
Historical Evolution
Oracle (~1250-1000 BC)
Oracle
(~1250-1000 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
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Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze
Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
Bronze Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze
Early Western Zhou (~1000 BC)
Bronze Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze
Early Warring States (~400 BC)
Bronze Warring States (475-221 BC)
Bronze
Warring States (475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
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Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
Seal Shuowen (~100 AD)
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
Clerical Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
重
Regular
Modern
Chinese
重 [chóng]
to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer
重 [zhòng]
heavy; serious; to attach importance to
Japanese
重 え 同音
suffixcounter -fold; -ply (counter for layers in the hito-futa-mi counting system)
重 じゅう 同音
  1. noun abbrev. jūbako; (explanation) multi-tiered food box
  2. n-pref heavy
  3. n-pref serious; extreme
  4. suffixcounter -fold; -ply (counter for layers in the ichi-ni-san counting system)
主 、 重 おも 同音

adj-na

  1. chief; main; principal; important
  2. abbrev. main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen) (usu. written as オモ)
Example Sentences
🇯🇵 (1)
読書が彼のおもな楽しみだ。
Reading is his chief amusement.
Japanese Names
重 あつし
Atsushi given name
重 おもし
Omoshi given name
重 かさね
Kasane female given namesurname
重 かたし
Katashi unclassified name
重 くわしげ
Kuwashige surname
重 しげ
Shige surnamegiven name
重 しげかつ
Shigekatsu unclassified name
重 しげさき
Shigesaki surname
重 しげし
Shigeshi surname
重 しげじ
Shigeji unclassified name
重 しげたか
Shigetaka surname
重 しげつぐ
Shigetsugu unclassified name
重 しげのり
Shigenori unclassified name
重 しげむね
Shigemune unclassified name
重 しげゆき
Shigeyuki unclassified name
重 しげる
Shigeru female given name
重 じゅう
Juu surnamegiven name
重 そうた
Souta unclassified name
重 そうだ
Souda unclassified name
重 ただし
Tadashi given name
重 ちょう
Chō unclassified name
重 むねた
Muneta unclassified name
重 むねだ
Muneda unclassified name
重 むねのり
Munenori unclassified name
CHINESE WORDS (200)
重要 [zhòng​yào] #303
important
严重 [yán​zhòng] #976
grave
严重 [yán​zhòng] #976
grave
重新 [chóng​xīn] #688
again
重点 [chóng​diǎn] #2,129
to recount (e.g. results of election)
重点 [chóng​diǎn] #2,129
to recount (e.g. results of election)
重大 [zhòng​dà] #2,492
great
尊重 [zūn​zhòng] #1,467
to esteem
重视 [zhòng​shì] #5,846
to attach importance to sth
重视 [zhòng​shì] #5,846
to attach importance to sth
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JAPANESE WORDS (200)
⭐ 重い [おもい] #427
heavy
⭐ 重要 [じゅうよう] #1,112
important
⭐ 重ねる [かさねる] #1,170
to pile up
⭐ 慎重 [しんちょう] #2,147
careful
⭐ 貴重 [きちょう] #2,469
precious
⭐ 重大 [じゅうだい] #2,896
serious
⭐ 体重 [たいじゅう] #4,013
(body) weight
⭐ 重み [おもみ] #5,113
weight
⭐ 厳重 [げんじゅう] #5,564
strict
⭐ 重力 [じゅうりょく] #5,668
gravity
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KOREAN WORDS (51)
중력 #6,773
gravity
이중 #13,991
being double; being two fold; two times
다중 #15,640
multilayer
중요 #22,405
importance
체중 #31,923
weight
존중 #37,605
respect
가중
aggravation; increase
경중
lightness and heaviness
귀중품
valuables
기중기
crane
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