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重

Kanji 重: meaning "heavy, important", readings, stroke order

The kanji 重 means "heavy, important". On'yomi: ジュウ、チョウ; kun'yomi: え、おもい、かさねる、かさなる. JLPT N4 kanji, with example words.

Readings

Meaning
heavy, important
On'yomi
ジュウチョウ
Kun'yomi
えおもいかさねるかさなる
Strokes
9
Level
JLPT N4
Official status
Jōyō (common-use kanji)

Words with 重

  • 重い おもい — Heavy
  • 重要 じゅうよう — Important
  • 体重 たいじゅう — Body weight
  • 積み重ね つみかさね — Accumulation / build-up
  • 重視 じゅうし — importance, stress
  • 重大 じゅうだい — serious, important
  • 重なる かさなる — to be piled up, lie on top of one another
  • 重ねる かさねる — to pile up, to put something on another, to heap up
  • 貴重 きちょう — precious, valuable
  • 尊重 そんちょう — respect, esteem, regard
  • 慎重 しんちょう — Cautious / careful
  • 慎重に しんちょうに — Carefully

Stroke order · 9 strokes

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9

Strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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