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Chinese symbol for “repetition”

重
chóng
to repeat; repetition; again; re-

The closest CC-CEDICT match for repetition is 重 (chóng), defined as: to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer.

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Characters and stroke order

重 chóng
heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
radical 166 ⾥ · 9 strokes

Other Chinese words for “repetition”

WordPinyinMeaning
牙慧yá huìrepetition; other person's opinion
重复法 (重複法)chóng fù fǎrepetition; duplication

Related words

Other words that share a character with 重.

WordPinyinMeaning
重要zhòng yàoimportant; significant; major
严重 (嚴重)yán zhònggrave; serious; severe; critical
重点 (重點)chóng diǎnto recount (e.g. results of election); to re-evaluate
重新chóng xīnagain; once more; re-
重大zhòng dàgreat; important

See also: Japanese symbol for “repetition”.

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.