重 – JLPT N4 Kanji, Kanji for -fold, esteem, heap up, heavy, important

重

Strokes: 9

Meanings: -fold, esteem, heap up, heavy, important, nest of boxes, pile up, respect
Onyomi: ジュウ
Kunyomi: え, おも, おも.い, かさ.ねる
Name Readings: さね, しげ, しげる
JLPT: N4
Grade: 3
Frequency: -
Kanji Writing Practice: Practice

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Story

The kanji 重 combines two layers or stacked components, symbolizing weight or something piled up. In ancient times, it represented heaviness, layers, or importance. 重 came to mean heavy, important, or to pile, capturing mass, significance, and accumulation.

Short Story

Layers stacked together — 重 means heavy, important, or piled up.

Mnemonic

Imagine stacking boxes on top of each other — that’s 重, the kanji for heaviness and importance.

Vocabulary Examples

Word	Reading	Meaning	Meta
重	じゅう	jūbako, multi-tiered food box	Noun
主	おも	chief, main, principal, important	common Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
重	え	-fold, -ply	JLPT-N1 Suffix, Counter
重い	おもい	heavy, weighty	common JLPT-N5 I-adjective (keiyoushi)
重力	じゅうりょく	gravity, gravitation, gravitational pull	common JLPT-N2 Noun
重要	じゅうよう	important, essential, significant, major, key, principal	common JLPT-N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)
重大	じゅうだい	serious, important, significant, grave, weighty	common JLPT-N3 Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun
重視	じゅうし	regarding as important, attaching importance to, taking a serious view of, putting emphasis on	common JLPT-N3 Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb
重役	じゅうやく	(company) director, executive, top management	common JLPT-N2 JLPT-N1 Noun
重ねる	かさねる	to pile up, to heap up, to stack up, to put on top of another	common JLPT-N2 Ichidan verb, Transitive verb

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Example Sentences

Example #1

この箱は重いです。

このはこはおもいです

kono hako wa omoi desu

This box is heavy.

Example #2

重要な書類を持っています。

じゅうようなしょるいをもっています

juuyou na shorui o motteimasu

I have important documents.

Example #3

体重を測ります。

たいじゅうをはかります

taijuu o hakarimasu

I measure my body weight.

Example #4

荷物が重すぎます。

にもつがおもすぎます

nimotsu ga omosugimasu

The luggage is too heavy.

Example #5

重い本を運びます。

おもいほんをはこびます

omoi hon o hakobimasu

I carry a heavy book.

Example #6

重要な会議があります。

じゅうようなかいぎがあります

juuyou na kaigi ga arimasu

There is an important meeting.

Example #7

荷物を重ねます。

にもつをかさねます

nimotsu o kasanemasu

I stack the luggage.

Example #8

彼の話は重いです。

かれのはなしはおもいです

kare no hanashi wa omoi desu

His story is serious/heavy.

Example #9

重要な問題を考えます。

じゅうようなもんだいをかんがえます

juuyou na mondai o kangaemasu

I think about an important problem.

Example #10

重い荷物を持ち上げます。

おもいにもつをもちあげます

omoi nimotsu o mochiagemasu

I lift a heavy piece of luggage.

Example #11

体重を減らしたいです。

たいじゅうをへらしたいです

taijuu o herashitai desu

I want to lose weight.

Example #12

重要な情報を教えてください。

じゅうようなじょうほうをおしえてください

juuyou na jouhou o oshiete kudasai

Please tell me important information.

Example #13

重ねて考えます。

かさねてかんがえます

kasanete kangaemasu

I think carefully and repeatedly.

Example #14

重い荷物を車に乗せます。

おもいにもつをくるまにのせます

omoi nimotsu o kuruma ni nosemasu

I put the heavy luggage into the car.

Example #15

重要な決定をします。

じゅうようなけっていをします

juuyou na kettei o shimasu

I make an important decision.

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Kanji Info

Kanji: 重

JLPT: n4

Strokes: 9

Grade: 3

Unicode: 91CD

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