Japanese symbol for “importance”
重点
じゅうてん
Romaji: juuten
important point; emphasis; stress; importance
In Japanese, importance is 重点, read じゅうてん (juuten).
Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.
Meanings
- n important point; emphasis; stress; importance; priority
- n iteration mark
- n colon (punctuation)
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “importance”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 重き | おもき omoki | importance; emphasis; stress |
| 重み | おもみ omomi | importance; significance |
| 力点 | りきてん rikiten | emphasis; stress; main point |
| 重要性 | じゅうようせい juuyousei | importance; gravity |
| 軽重 | けいちょう keichou | (relative) importance; gravity |
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 |
| 視点 | してん shiten | point of view; viewpoint; angle |
| 地点 | ちてん chiten | spot; point; place |
See also: Chinese symbol for “importance”.
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.