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Kanji Grade 3 - 重

Kanji character Grade 3 重. Writing practice along with onyomi and kunyomi readings.

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Kanji Grade 3 - 重
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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
9 strokes
Radical: village, mile 里
Parts: 一 | ノ 日 里
 
Onyomi
重 【ジュウ】 jūbako, multi-tiered food box, heavy, serious, extreme, -fold, -ply
重圧 【ジュウアツ】 strong pressure, heavy pressure
九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
重複 【チョウフク】 duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
重厚 【ジュウコウ】 profound, deep, grave, solid, dignified, stately, solemn, massive, composed
加重 【カジュウ】 weighting (in averaging), aggravation
九重 【ココノエ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
 
Kunyomi
重 【え】 -fold, -ply
八重 【やえ】 multilayered, doubled
九重 【ここのえ】 ninefold, imperial palace, the Court
重い 【おもい】 heavy, weighty, heavy (feeling), depressed, gloomy, blue, uneasy, slow, sluggish, lumbering, ponderous, clumsy, important (position, responsibility, etc.), serious, grave, serious (punishment, illness, etc.), severe, critical, solid, established, dignified, sensible
重い腰を上げる 【おもいこしをあげる】 to get off one's backside, to bestir oneself
重り 【おもり】 weight, sinker (fishing)
重ねる 【かさねる】 to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another, to repeat many times over, to go through repeatedly, to accumulate
重なる 【かさなる】 to be piled up, to lie on top of one another, to come one after another, to happen over and over, to pile up (e.g. stress), to accumulate, to overlap (each other), to occur at the same time, to happen simultaneously
重き 【おもき】 importance, emphasis, stress
身重 【みおも】 pregnant
気重 【きおも】 heavy-hearted