Kanji Study

Bushu (Radical) Info:
ノ (てん) – kana-no
里 (さと) – village

Henshall Mnemonic: heavy vehicle has double wheels

Levels: JLPT N4 | JLPT 3 (old) | Grade 3
Frequency: #193 of the 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Common Words and/or Phrases Using this Kanji:

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JLPT N5 Words

• 重い   [おもい]
  (adj) (1) heavy; massive; (2) serious; important; severe; oppressed   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N3 Words

• 重大   [じゅうだい]
  (adj-na,n) serious; important; grave; weighty   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 貴重   [きちょう]
  (adj-na,n) precious; valuable   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重要   [じゅうよう]
  (adj-na,n) important; momentous; essential; principal; major   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 尊重   [そんちょう]
  (n) respect; esteem; regard   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 慎重   [しんちょう]
  (adj-na,n) discretion; prudence   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重荷   [おもに]
  (n) load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重視   [じゅうし]
  (n,vs) importance; stress; serious consideration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 体重   [たいじゅう]
  (n) one's body weight   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N2 Words

• 重体   [じゅうたい]
  (adj-na,n) seriously ill; serious condition; critical state   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重点   [じゅうてん]
  (n) important point; lay stress on; colon; emphasis   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重役   [じゅうやく]
  (n) director; high executive   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重量   [じゅうりょう]
  (n) (1) weight; (2) heavyweight boxer   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重力   [じゅうりょく]
  (n) gravity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重たい   [おもたい]
  (adj) heavy; massive; serious; important; severe; oppressed   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重なる   [かさなる]
  (v5r) to be piled up; lie on top of one another; overlap each other   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重ねる   [かさねる]
  (v1) to pile up; to put something on another; to heap up; to add; to repeat   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 厳重   [げんじゅう]
  (adj-na,n) strict; rigour; severe; firm; strong; secure   [K] [D] [Jisho]

JLPT N1 Words

• 重複   [じゅうふく]
  (n,vs) duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重複   [ちょうふく]
  (n,vs) duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重宝   [ちょうほう]
  (adj-na,n,vs) priceless treasure; convenience; usefulness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重んじる   [おもんじる]
  (v1) to respect; to honor; to esteem; to prize   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重んずる   [おもんずる]
  (vz) to honor; to respect; to esteem; to prize   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 比重   [ひじゅう]
  (n) specific gravity; weight; part   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Other Popular Words Not Classified by JLPT

• 重心   [じゅうしん]
  (n) center of gravity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 最重点   [さいじゅうてん]
  very important point   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重責   [じゅうせき]
  (n) heavy responsibility   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重層   [じゅうそう]
  (n) multistoried; multilayered   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重態   [じゅうたい]
  (adj-na,n) seriously ill; serious condition; critical state   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 三重   [さんじゅう]
  (n) triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 偏重   [へんじゅう]
  (ok) (n,vs) preponderance; making too much of; overestimation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 無重量   [むじゅうりょう]
  (n) weightlessness; zero gravity   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重鎮   [じゅうちん]
  (n) leader; authority; mainstay   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 珍重   [ちんちょう]
  (n,vs) prize; value highly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重点的に   [じゅうてんてきに]
  mainly   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重度   [じゅうど]
  (adj-no,n) heavy; severe   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 貴重品   [きちょうひん]
  (n) valuables; treasures   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重箱   [じゅうばこ]
  (n) nest of boxes   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重病   [じゅうびょう]
  (n) serious illness   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 加重   [かじゅう]
  (n) weighting (in averaging); aggravation   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重油   [じゅうゆ]
  (n) heavy oil; crude petroleum   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重要文化財   [じゅうようぶんかざい]
  important national treasure; important cultural property   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 多重   [たじゅう]
  (adj-no,n) multiple   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二重   [にじゅう]
  (n) double; two-fold; two layers   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二重   [ふたえ]
  (n) double; two-fold; two layers   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 二重奏   [にじゅうそう]
  (n) instrumental duo   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 九重   [ここのえ]
  (n) ninefold; imperial palace; the Court   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重き   [おもき]
  (n) importance; emphasis; stress   [K] [D] [Jisho]
• 重さ   [おもさ]
  (n) weight   [K] [D] [Jisho]

Find more details for 重 at jisho.org, Yookoso! or WWWJDIC

Acknowledgments

The sofware used to generate this kanji information uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC files. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group at Monash University and are used in conformance with the Group's license.

NOTE: I converted the sources just mentioned years ago and have never really updated so there may be some missing or incorrect information that has been addressed in the original sources but not here.

The first Stroke Order image used on this page is courtesy of Ulrich Apel's excellent open source KanjiVG project. The second image is from the folks at the excellent Jisho Japanese-English dictionary site and it too is based on KanjiVG.

Classifying the kanji and popular vocabulary by the new JLPT levels was done by consulting Jonathan Waller‘s JLPT Resources page, renshuu, Wictionary, and Nihongo Ichiban.

The Henshall Mnemonics are the copyright of Tuttle Publishing and are the result of the hard work by Professor Henshall. See the list I used here.

If you are curious about the lexicography shown in the word definitions, visit the WWWJDIC abbreviations and codes guide and the JMdict/Edict Lexicographical details page.