重 Kanji for heavy

N4Grade 39 strokes

heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

Kun: え、おも.い、おも.り、おも.なう、かさ.ねる、かさ.なる、おも
On: ジュウ、チョウ

重 is the Japanese kanji for heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold. It is written with 9 strokes and appears at JLPT level N4. Its kun reading is え、おも.い、おも.り and its on reading is ジュウ、チョウ.

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Words with 重

重おもるto get heavy
重かさねるto pile up, to heap up, to stack up
重おもさweight
重じゅう要ようimportant, essential, significant
重じゅう大だいserious, important, significant
貴き重ちょうprecious, valuable

Practice 重 with brush strokes, spaced repetition and quizzes in the app.