Hanja Analyzer
重

重 — jung

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

Korean reading
무거울 중
Romanization
jung
English
heavy, weighty; double
Mandarin
zhòng
Japanese on'yomi
ジュウ, チョウ, ジュ, ズ, トウ, シュウ, シュ
Japanese kun'yomi
え おも.い おも.り おも.なう かさ.ねる かさ.なる おも
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#193 of 2,500
Strokes
9
Radical
里 (166, 2 residual)
Unicode
U+91CD

Parts that make up 重

  • 千 일천 천 사람 몸에 그은 한 획일천. ‘천’ 계열의 소리
  • 里 마을 리 밭과 흙이 있는 터마을. 소리로도 자주 쓴다

How 重 was formed

Traditional analysis treats 重 as a ideographic compound involving 人, 東.

Korean example words with 重

  • 다중多重 Korean gloss: 여러 겹
  • 오중五重 Korean gloss: 다섯 겹
  • 중층重層 Korean gloss: 여러 층
  • 엄중嚴重 Korean gloss: 몹시 엄함
  • 중변重邊 Korean gloss: 비싼 이자
  • 중죄重罪 Korean gloss: 무거운 죄
  • 중권重權 Korean gloss: 중요한 권력
  • 중보重寶 Korean gloss: 귀중한 보배
  • 중임重任 Korean gloss: 중대한 임무
  • 중선重船 Korean gloss: 큰 고기잡이배
  • 중치重治 Korean gloss: 엄중히 다스림
  • 신중愼重 Korean gloss: 매우 조심스러움

Definitions from Woorimalsam, National Institute of Korean Language (CC BY-SA 2.0 KR)

Japanese words with 重

  • 重要じゅうよう important; essential; significant
  • 重大じゅうだい serious; important; significant
  • 貴重きちょう precious; valuable
  • 重視じゅうし regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of
  • 重点じゅうてん important point; emphasis; stress
  • 慎重しんちょう careful; cautious; prudent
  • 体重たいじゅう (body) weight
  • 重さおもさ weight
  • 二重にじゅう double; two-fold; two layers
  • 重量じゅうりょう weight
  • 重傷じゅうしょう serious wound; serious injury
  • 尊重そんちょう respect; esteem; regard

Other hanja read “중”

中 仲 眾 衆

Other hanja with radical 里

里 野 量 釐

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