Chinese Character Wiki
重

zhòng, chóng

heavy

Pictograph of a person (亻) carrying a heavy basket (東) on their back.

Components
亻 iconic component

亻  Iconic component

rén

  

person

亻 is a component form of 人.

東 sound,iconic component

東  Sound Iconic component

dōng

  

east

Depicts a basket.

Evolution

重 Oracle script (~1250-1000 BC)

Oracle script

(~1250-1000 BC)
重 Bronze script Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)

Bronze script

Late Shang dynasty (~1100 BC)
重 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
重 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
重 Regular script Modern

Regular script

Modern
Definitions

重  

zhòng

heavy, weighty; double; heavy; serious; to attach importance to

重  

chóng

to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layer

Most common words with 重
Freq.
Word
Meaning

重要

important

重

to repeat

严重

grave

重新

again

重点

focus

Component uses

Meaning component in 1 character (0 verified)

腫

Sound component in 8 characters (5 verified)

種 動 衝 鍾 董 腫 踵 锺

Historical pronunciation

Old Chinese

Middle Chinese

Pinyin

Gloss

*[m]-troŋ

drjowng

chóng

repeat; double

*N-t<r>oŋʔ

drjowngX

zhòng

heavy

*N-t<r>oŋʔ-s

drjowngH

zhòng

weight (n.)


Statistics

HSK level 1

Appears in 97.2770% of movies

210th most common character in movies

140th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

9

Unicode

U+91CD

Shuowen

“重，厚也。从壬，東聲。”


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