重

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heavy; serious; to attach importance to

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Formation & memory

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里

Components 千里

heavy · Heisig RSH #1290

千 thousand + 里 li

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.

Word	Pinyin	Meaning
重要	zhòng yào	important; significant; major
重大	zhòng dà	great; important; major; significant
重子	zhòng zǐ	baryon (physics)
重水	zhòng shuǐ	heavy water (chemistry)
重头	chóng tóu	anew; from the beginning; (in poetry and song) repetition of a melody or rhythm
重头	zhòng tóu	main; most important; essential; important part
头重	tóu zhòng	disequilibrium; top-heavy; heaviness in the head (medical condition)
心重	xīn zhòng	overanxious; neurotic
重心	zhòng xīn	focus; emphasis; priority; (physics) center of gravity; (geometry) centroid
重生	chóng shēng	to be reborn; rebirth
重地	zhòng dì	location of political, economic, military, or cultural importance (usu. not open to the ge…
自重	zì zhòng	to conduct oneself with dignity; to be dignified; deadweight
语重心长	yǔ zhòng xīn cháng	meaningful and heartfelt words (idiom); sincere and earnest wishes
国家重点学科	Guó jiā Zhòng diǎn Xué kē	National Key Disciplines (disciplines recognized as important and supported by PRC central…
重金	zhòng jīn	large sum of money
多重性	duō chóng xìng	multiplicity
重中之重	zhòng zhōng zhī zhòng	of the utmost importance; of highest priority
重新开机	chóng xīn kāi jī	to restart; to reboot
心事重重	xīn shì chóng chóng	to have a lot on one's mind; to be laden with anxiety
体重	tǐ zhòng	body weight

These characters use 重 as their sound component — compare how they read.

Character	Pinyin	Meaning
重 sound part	zhòng	heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
董	dǒng	to direct, to supervise; surname
踵	zhǒng	heel; to follow; to visit, to call on
锺	zhōng	cup, glass, goblet; surname