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Kanji Detail for 重 - "heavy, important"

重

  • Meaning

    重 means "heavy, important." Also associated with repeat.

    1. Heavy - Having great weight.

    2. Important - Significant; serious.

    3. Repeat - To do again; to layer.

  • Words using 重

    • 重要 じゅうよう Listen important; essential; significant
    • 重大 じゅうだい Listen serious; important; significant
    • 貴重 きちょう Listen precious; valuable
    • 重点 じゅうてん Listen important point; emphasis; stress
    • 重視 じゅうし Listen regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of
    • 体重 たいじゅう Listen (body) weight
    • 慎重 しんちょう Listen careful; cautious; prudent
    • 二重 にじゅう Listen double; two-fold; two layers

  • Four-character idioms with 重

    • 慎重居士 しんちょうこじ Listen very cautious person; very prudent person; very discreet person
    • 捲土重来 けんどちょうらい Listen recouping one's strength for a renewed attack; making another attempt with redoubled efforts
    • 知育偏重 ちいくへんちょう Listen too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education
    • 重厚長大 じゅうこうちょうだい Listen heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry)
    • 隠忍自重 いんにんじちょう Listen (behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something

  • Tattoo check: 重

    • Verified meaning: heavy, important
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read あつし, おもし, かさね, かたし)
    • Also carries these associations: repeat

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 重

    Given names 重(あつし)Listen 重(おもし)Listen 重(かさね)Listen 重(しげ)Listen

    Surnames 重(かたし)Listen 重(くわしげ)Listen 重(しげかつ)Listen 重(しげさき)Listen 重(しげし)Listen 重(しげじ)Listen 重(しげたか)Listen 重(しげつぐ)Listen

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    heavy; important; esteem; respect; heap up; pile up; nest of boxes; -fold

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    heavy, weighty; double

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

    to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    The opposite of light. The comparison of two bodies on a balance is called weight. Also, using much force is called 重. Therefore a loud voice is colloquially called 重. | The amount of resistance of an object against other forces is called weight. | Not being careless is called 重. As in 鄭重 (solemn), 嚴重 (serious). | To respect. As in 君子自重 (a gentleman respects himself), meaning respecting one's character. | To value. As in 重工 (emphasize industry), 重農 (emphasize agriculture). | Severe. As in 重病 (serious illness), 重罪 (serious crime). | To repeat or overlap. As in dice showing 重四 (double four), 重六 (double six). Also to change. As in 重做 (redo), 重寫 (rewrite). | When things are separated by one layer, it is called 一重. As in 巫山十二重 (twelve peaks of Mount Wu) and the like.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    choh(チョウ) チョウ

    juu(ジュウ) ジュウ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    e(え) え

    kasa.naru(かさ-なる) かさ-なる

    kasa.neru(かさ-ねる) かさ-ねる

    omo(おも) おも

    omo.nau(おも-なう) おも-なう

    omoi(おも-い) おも-い

    omori(おもり) おもり

  • Strokes

    tip

    9 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    里 (sato・satohen)

  • Related Keywords

    heavy important repeat burden layer respectful serious weight again critical crucial earnest essential grave grand great meaningful momentous paramount ponderous severe significant solemn substantial vital

Sentences including 重

  • We hardly realize how important it is.

  • It is important to drive carefully.

  • This box is a trifle too heavy.

  • This book is not as heavy as that book.

  • I play an important part.

  • It is said that his mother is gravely ill.

  • This is the most important matter of all.

  • She became very ill.

  • His eyes were heavy with sleep.

  • It makes no difference whether you go or not.

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