ChiramiN4 kanji · 9 strokes
重 means heavy
重Memory trick
A thousand (千) villages (里) worth of weight: heavy.
Memory trick: a picture to help you remember the kanji, not its history.
Meaning and readings
- Meanings
- heavy, important, esteem, respect
- JLPT level
- N4
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 3 in Japan
Japanese (kunyomi) え e
え (e) is the Japanese word for this kanji. You use it when the kanji stands alone or has kana after it. Dictionaries call this the kun reading.
Other Japanese readings: おもい omoi, おもり omori, おもなう omonau
From Chinese (onyomi) ジュウ juu
ジュウ (juu) came from Chinese with the character. You mostly hear it in words made of several kanji. Dictionaries call this the on reading.
Other readings from Chinese: チョウ chou
Tap a reading to see when it's used. Why kanji have two kinds of reading: onyomi vs kunyomi.
Common word
重い おもい · omoi
heavy, weighty
Built from
- 丿 a sweeping stroke
- 一 one
- 里 village
- 丨 a line
- 日 sun, day
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里 Used in 19 kanji
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What does 重 mean?
Right: 重 means heavy.Not quite: 重 means heavy.In 重い, which reading does 重 use?
Right. 重い is read おもい (omoi): 重 takes おも, its Japanese reading, with い after it.Not quite. 重い is read おもい (omoi): 重 takes おも, its Japanese reading, with い after it.