重

chóng · zhòng

to repeat · repetition

Radical: 里 Strokes: 9 HSK 1

Structure: Single componentFrequency: Most common

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Character Decomposition

重=千+里

Etymology

A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里

Meanings2 pronunciations

chóng

to repeat

repetition

again

re-

classifier: layer

zhòng

heavy

serious

to attach importance to

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Words with 重 1129 total

(usu. of a structural component of a building) to bear a load · load-bearing (wall, pillar etc)承重chéng zhòng to weigh称重chēng zhòng proportion · (physics) specific gravity比重bǐ zhòng to make heavier · to emphasize · (of an illness etc) to become more serious · to aggravate (a bad situation) · to increase (a burden, punishment etc)加重jiā zhòng heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy · laborious; arduous笨重bèn zhòng (of a role) arduous · important · (a vehicle's) loading capacity吃重chī zhòng

Idioms with 重 249 total Chain

to hate to leave a place where one has lived long · to be attached to one's native land and unwilling to leave it安土重迁ān tǔ zhòng qiān to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial · to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones避重就轻bì zhòng jiù qīng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things · naive · doesn't know who's who · no sense of priorities不知轻重bù zhī qīng zhòng