JLPT N4 · 9 strokes
Kanji 重: "heavy, important, esteem"
The kanji 重 means "heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up". It is written with 9 strokes and belongs to JLPT level N4, read ジュウ, チョウ in on'yomi and え, おも.い, おも.り, おも.なう, かさ.ねる in kun'yomi.
Stroke order
Strokes are written in the order of the numbers. The order is not decorative: it is what gives the character its balance, and it is also how handwriting search works in Japanese dictionaries.
Readings
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
ジュウチョウ
Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
えおも.いおも.りおも.なうかさ.ねる
In a kun'yomi reading, the dot separates the kanji from its okurigana: かた.る is read かたる and written 語る. A hyphen marks a bound position, like -び in 日.
At a glance
| Meaning | heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up |
|---|---|
| Strokes | 9 |
| JLPT level | N4 |
| Taught in Japan | grade 3 |
| Frequency rank | 193 of 2,501 |
Common words with 重
The most frequent words using this kanji, most common first, with furigana readings. Click one to open it in the reader.
- 重いheavy; weighty · heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue
- 重要important; essential; significant; major
- 重ねるto pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to put on top of another · to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
- 慎重careful; cautious; prudent; discreet
- 重なるto be piled up; to lie on top of one another · to come one after another; to happen over and over; to pile up (e.g. stress); to accumulate
- 貴重precious; valuable
- 重大serious; important; significant; grave
- 体重(body) weight
- 重みweight · weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; grandeur; dignity
- 厳重strict; severe; stringent; rigorous
- 重jūbako; multi-tiered food box · heavy
- 重力gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
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