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U+91CD, 重
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-91CD

[U+91CC]
CJK Unified Ideographs
[U+91CE]

Translingual

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Han character

(Kangxi radical 166, +2, 9 strokes, cangjie input 竹十田土 (HJWG), four-corner 20104, composition )

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 1291, character 3
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 40132
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1791, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3680, character 2
  • Unihan data for U+91CD
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Chinese

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Glyph origin

More information Historical forms of the character 重, Shang ...

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *doŋ, *doŋʔ, *doŋs) and ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意): semantic (man) + phonetic (OC *toːŋ, bag) – a man carrying a bag. A glyph (“earth”) was later added to show that the bag-carrying man is standing on the ground. From this composition (𡍺) is the current form. In the modern form, the man on top can be seen as (however, the upper part of the character is unrelated to ).

See also , in which a person is carrying something, , in which a person is carrying a pole, and , in which a person is carrying the harvest.

Etymology

Schuessler (2007) notes that the etymology is uncertain and compares the word to Burmese စုံ (cum, to be sufficient; pair), which STEDT puts under Proto-Sino-Tibetan *dzum ~ tsum (pair).

Pronunciation 3 is the exoactive derivation of pronunciation 1.

Pronunciation 1


Note:
  • dâe̤ng - vernacular;
  • dê̤ṳng - literary.

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Definitions

  1. heavy
    Antonym:  / (qīng)
    書包 [Cantonese, trad.]
    书包 [Cantonese, simp.]
    nei5 go3 syu1 baau1 gam3 cung5 ge2? [Jyutping]
    Why is your schoolbag so heavy?
  2. weight
    蘋果100 [MSC, trad.]
    苹果100 [MSC, simp.]
    Yī ge píngguǒ zhòng yuē 100 kè. [Pinyin]
    An apple weighs about 100 g on average.
  3. deep; grave; serious; severe
       zhòng   to punish severely
    傷勢伤势   shāngshì hěn zhòng   to be seriously wounded
       Nǎi wèi zhòng le xiē.   It's a bit too milky.
  4. considerable (in amount)
Synonyms

Compounds

also includes Pronunciation 2

Pronunciation 2


Note:
  • dâe̤ng - vernacular;
  • dê̤ṳng - literary.

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Definitions

  1. weight
  2. weighty; important
       zhòngrèn   important task
  3. grave; serious
  4. solemn
       lóngzhòng   grand; solemn
       zhuāngzhòng   solemn; serious
  5. prudent
  6. to respect; to attach importance to
    義輕利义轻利   zhòngyìqīnglì   to value righteousness and care little for material gain
  7. (Cantonese) still
    Alternative form:
  8. (Cantonese) even more
    Alternative form:
Synonyms

Pronunciation 3


Note:
  • tṳ̀ng - vernacular;
  • dṳ̀ng - literary.

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Definitions

  1. to repeat; to duplicate
  2. to stack up; to pile up; to overlay
  3. again; once more
       chóngféng   to meet again
    [Cantonese]   cung4 zou6 [Jyutping]   to redo; to do again
    家園家园   chóngjiàn jiāyuán   to rebuild one's home
  4. Classifier for layers of an object.
    人格障礙人格障碍   duōchóngréngézhàng'ài   multiple personality disorder

Compounds

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Japanese

Kanji

(Third grade kyōiku kanji)

Readings

From Middle Chinese (MC drjowngX); compare Mandarin (zhòng):

  • Go-on: じゅう (, Jōyō)ぢゆう (dyuu, historical)
  • Kan-on: ちょう (chō, Jōyō)

From Middle Chinese (MC drjowng); compare Mandarin (chóng):

From native Japanese roots:

Compounds

Etymology 1

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/pe//ɸe//he/. Presumably related with Goguryeo (*peT).

Pronunciation

Noun

() (he) 

  1. a division
  2. something that divides two objects
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 2

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/-pe//-ɸe//-we//-e/. Cognate with (he, division). The divergent phonological development is due to the non-null environment caused by being suffixed to the previous morpheme.

Pronunciation

Suffix

() (-e)  (-fe)?

  1. the number of overlaps; fold, layer
Derived terms

Etymology 3

More information Kanji in this term ...
For pronunciation and definitions of – see the following entry.
おも
[adjective] chief, main, principal, foremost, important
Alternative spelling
(This term, , is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

Etymology 4

More information Kanji in this term ...

From Middle Chinese (MC drjowng|drjowngX|drjowngH).

Pronunciation

Prefix

(じゅう) (jū-) 

  1. heavy, weighty
  2. involving large-scale manufacture, heavy
  3. great in degree, heavy, serious, severe, hard, difficult
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Korean

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Hanja

(eumhun 무거울 (mugeoul jung))

  1. hanja form? of (heavy)

Etymology 2

Hanja

(eumhun 아이 (ai dong))

  1. (obsolete) alternative form of (hanja form? of (child))
  2. (obsolete) alternative form of (hanja form? of (child))

Vietnamese

Han character

: Hán Nôm readings: trọng, chồng, chuộng, trộng, trụng, trùng, chõng, trửng

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

References

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