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JLPT N48画 · 8 strokesradical

heavy, important, to pile up

On'yomi (音読み)

  • ジュウ
  • チョウ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

  • おも.い
  • かさ.なる
  • かさ.ねる

Meanings across languages

English
heavy, important, to pile up
Tiếng Việt
nặng, quan trọng, chồng lên
日本語
重い, 重要, 重なる

Common compounds

  • 重いおもいheavy
  • 重要じゅうようimportant
  • 重ねるかさねるto pile up, to stack
  • 重なりかさなりoverlap, to pile up

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