重 — kanji meaning “heavy”
重
heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
- Meanings
- heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
- On'yomi
- ジュウ (juu)、チョウ (chou)
- Kun'yomi
- え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう、かさ.ねる、かさ.なる、おも
- Name readings
- さね、しげ、しげる
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- 3
- JLPT (old scale)
- Level 3
- Newspaper frequency
- #193 of 2,500
- Classical radical
- 166
- Chinese reading
- zhòng, chóng — Chinese character page
Words with 重
| 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 |
| 慎重 | しんちょう shinchou | careful; cautious; prudent |
| 尊重 | そんちょう sonchou | respect; esteem; regard |
| 重力 | じゅうりょく juuryoku | gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull |
| 重い | おもい omoi | heavy; weighty |
| 重点 | じゅうてん juuten | important point; emphasis; stress |
| 重ねる | かさねる kasaneru | to pile up; to heap up; to stack up |
Data: KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.
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