Chinese symbol for “onerous”

繁重

fán zhòng

heavy; burdensome; heavy-duty; arduous

The closest CC-CEDICT match for onerous is 繁重 (fán zhòng), defined as: heavy; burdensome; heavy-duty; arduous; onerous.

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Characters and stroke order

繁 fán

complex, difficult; many, diverse

radical 120 ⽷ · 17 strokes

重 zhòng

heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat

radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other words that share a character with 繁重.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
繁荣 (繁榮)	fán róng	prosperous; booming
频繁 (頻繁)	pín fán	frequently; often
繁殖	fán zhí	to breed; to reproduce
繁忙	fán máng	busy; bustling
繁华 (繁華)	fán huá	flourishing; bustling
繁多	fán duō	many and varied; of many different kinds
重要	zhòng yào	important; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)	yán zhòng	grave; serious; severe; critical

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.