9 strokes
Jouyou kanji
Taught in 3rd grade
JLPT exam level N4

heavy, important, esteem, respect, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold

Kun'yomi
  • -fold
  • heavy ②heavy (feeling) ③slow ④important (position, responsibility, etc.)
  • weight ②sinker (fishing)
  • おもなう
  • chief ②main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)
  • to pile up ②to repeat many times over
  • to be piled up ②to come one after another ③to overlap (each other)
On'yomi
  • ジュウ
    jūbako ②heavy ③serious ④-fold
  • チョウ
Nanori
  • さね
  • しげ
  • しげる

Main Radical

(KanXi) 丿(Nelson)

Character Breakdown

heavy, important, esteem
ジュウ おも.い かさ.ねる (3rd, N4)
thousand
セン ち かず (1st, N5)
ri, village, parent's home
さと リ さ (2nd)
rice field, rice paddy
た デン たん (1st, N4)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)

Contained In

Common Words

heavy ②heavy (feeling) ③slow ④important (position, responsibility, etc.)
to pile up ②to repeat many times over
to be piled up ②to come one after another ③to overlap (each other)
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers) ②weight (as used in balances)
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References

Unicode hex code 91CD
JIS X 0208 1-29-37
Nelson, A. Classic Nelson 224
Haig, J. New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary 6207
Halpern, J. New Japanese-English Character Dictionary 3573
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Crowley, D. The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power 136
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AJLT Japanese For Busy People vols I-III 2.16
Kodansha Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide 1802
Maniette, Y. Les Kanjis dans la tete 1691
Tuttle Dictionary Descriptor Code 0a9.18
Four corner code 2010.4
De Roo Code 2272