The kanji 重: meaning, readings and stroke order
重
- Meaning
- heavy, pile up
- On reading
- ジュウ juu、チョウ chou
- Kun reading
- え e、おも(い) omoi、かさ(ねる) kasaneru、かさ(なる) kasanaru
- Strokes
- 9
- Radical
- 里 village, mile
- Level
- Level 3 · grade 3
Stroke order
Meaning in other languages
- Vietnamese
- nặng, chồng lên (trọng)
- Japanese
- おもい。かさなる。
- Korean
- 무겁다, 겹치다 (중)
- Chinese
- 重、重叠
Readings, words and example sentences
ジュウ juu · on reading
重大
very important, serious
重大な 話が あります。
I have something serious to tell you.
チョウ chou · on reading · less common
重宝
handy, very useful
この 品は とても 重宝します。
This thing is very handy.
え e · kun reading · less common
一重
one layer (of petals)
一重の さくらが さきました。
Cherry blossoms with one layer of petals have bloomed.
おも(い) omoi · kun reading
重い
heavy
本が 多くて かばんが 重いです。
My bag is heavy because I have many books.
かさ(ねる) kasaneru · kun reading
重ねる
to pile up, to stack
紙を 重ねて おきます。
I stack the paper and put it away.
かさ(なる) kasanaru · kun reading
重なる
to fall on the same day
休みが 日曜日と 重なりました。
The holiday fell on a Sunday.
Practise writing 重 in the app
In Dino Kids your child writes 重 with a finger and every stroke is checked, then takes the Level 3 practice test. Free, no ads, no in-app purchases.
Readings, radicals: Kanjium, KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); strokes: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); Korean, simplified forms: Unicode Unihan. Meanings, sentences: Dino Kids (CC0). See Licences.