重

重 — heavy, important, esteem

JLPT: JLPT N4
Strokes: 9
Taught in: School year 3
Frequency: #193 most common

Readings

On'yomi came with the character from Chinese; kun'yomi is the native Japanese word it was borrowed for. A dot marks where okurigana takes over, a hyphen marks a prefix or suffix position.

On'yomi: じゅう juu

ちょう chou
Kun'yomi: え e

おも.い omo.i

おも.り omo.ri

おも.なう omo.nau

かさ.ねる kasa.neru

かさ.なる kasa.naru

おも omo

Example words for this kanji are being written.

Words that use 重

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