重 — how to write the kanji for “heavy”
重 means “heavy”, “important” and “esteem”; it is a JLPT N4 kanji, taught in third grade in Japan. In newspapers it is the 193rd most used kanji. It starts with the left-falling sweep, before the horizontal that crosses it. Read juu, it forms 重要 (“important”), 重大 (“serious”) and 重点 (“important point”); the native reading omo-i gives 重さ (“weight”). Chinese reads it zhòng, “heavy”, at HSK 3.
- Strokes
- 9
- JLPT
- N4
- Radical
- 里 (“ri”)
- On
- ジュウ, チョウ
- Kun
- おも·なう, かさ·ねる, え
Stroke by stroke
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
Its parts: 千 (“thousand”), strokes 1–2; 里 (“ri”, its radical), strokes 3–9, each finished before the next.
- Left-falling stroke ㇒topleftwards
- Horizontal ㇐top leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑leftdownwards
- Horizontal-turn ㇕leftrightwards → downwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐leftrightwards
- Vertical ㇑topdownwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
- Horizontal ㇐bottom leftrightwards
Japanese and Chinese
Japanese and Chinese draw all 9 strokes in the same order and direction, by our stroke-by-stroke comparison.
The trap in 重
Stroke 1 is the left-falling stroke and stroke 2 the horizontal, the same as in 右; 左 does the opposite.
Trace it
Follow the numbers. Tracing help
Readings
- On (Chinese-derived)
- ジュウ juu, チョウ chou
- Kun (native)
- おも·なう omo-nau, かさ·ねる kasa-neru, え e, おも·い omo-i (rare), おも·り omo-ri (rare), かさ·なる kasa-naru (rare), おも omo (rare)
- Meanings
- heavy; important; esteem; respect; heap up; pile up
- Read juu
- 重要 重大 重点 重視 体重 二重
- Read chou
- 貴重 慎重
- Read omo-i
- 重さ
- School year
- third grade
- Newspaper rank
- 193rd of 2,500 (KANJIDIC2)
- Korean hanja
- 중 jung
- Common words
- 65 in JMdict
Words with 重
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重要 | じゅうよう juuyou | important; essential |
| 重大 | じゅうだい juudai | serious; important |
| 貴重 | きちょう kichou | precious; valuable |
| 重点 | じゅうてん juuten | important point; emphasis |
| 重視 | じゅうし juushi | regarding as important; attaching importance to |
| 体重 | たいじゅう taijuu | (body) weight |
| 慎重 | しんちょう shinchou | careful; cautious |
| 二重 | にじゅう nijuu | double; two-fold |
| 重さ | おもさ omosa | weight |
| 重傷 | じゅうしょう juushou | serious wound; serious injury |
Most common first (JMdict).
Practice sheet
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