Kanji: 重

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	里 Radical name: さと
Meaning:	Heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 200 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	重(おも)い	Heavy
N3	貴重(きちょう)	precious, valuable
N3	重視(じゅうし)	importance, stress, serious consideration
N3	重大(じゅうだい)	serious, important, grave, weighty
N3	重要(じゅうよう)	important, momentous, essential, principal, major
N3	慎重(しんちょう)	prudence, care, caution
N3	尊重(そんちょう)	respect, esteem, regard
N2	重(おも)たい	heavy, massive, serious
N2	重(かさ)なる	to be piled up, lie on top of one another, overlap each other
N2	重(かさ)ねる	to pile up, to put something on another, to heap up, to add, to repeat
N2	厳重(げんじゅう)	strict, rigour, severe, firm
N2	重体(じゅうたい)	seriously ill, serious condition, critical state
N2	重点(じゅうてん)	important point, lay stress on, colon, emphasis
N2	重役(じゅうやく)	director, high executive
N2	重量(じゅうりょう)	(1) weight, (2) heavyweight boxer
N2	重力(じゅうりょく)	gravity
N1	重(え)	-fold, -ply
N1	重(おも)なる	main, principal, important
N1	重役(おもやく)	heavy responsibilities, director
N1	重(おも)んじる	to respect, to honor, to esteem, to prize
N1	重(おも)んずる	to honor, to respect, to esteem, to prize
N1	重複(じゅうふく)	duplication, repetition, overlapping, redundancy, restoration
N1	重宝(じゅうほう)	priceless treasure, convenience, usefulness
N1	比重(ひじゅう)	specific gravity