Japanese symbol for “chongqing”

重慶

じゅうけい

Romaji: juukei

Chongqing (China)

In Japanese, chongqing is 重慶, read じゅうけい (juukei).

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Meanings

n Chongqing (China)

Kanji and stroke order

重

heavy, important, esteem

on: ジュウ、チョウ
kun: え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう

9 strokes · JLPT 3

慶

jubilation, congratulate, rejoice

on: ケイ
kun: よろこ.び

15 strokes · JLPT 1

Related words

Words that share a kanji.

Word	Reading	Meaning
重要	じゅうよう juuyou	important; essential; significant
体重	たいじゅう taijuu	(body) weight
貴重	きちょう kichou	precious; valuable
重視	じゅうし juushi	regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of
重大	じゅうだい juudai	serious; important; significant
重量	じゅうりょう juuryou	weight
弁慶	べんけい benkei	strong person; person putting on a brave front
慶事	けいじ keiji	happy event; auspicious event; matter for congratulation

Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.