• 体重たいじゅう — body weight
• 貴重きちょう — valuable
• 尊重そんちょう — respect
• 重心じゅうしん — center of gravity
• 重量じゅうりょう — weight, mass

More examples ▼

This character combines the radical for “village” (里) with symbolic elements of burden and repetition. Originally depicted as someone carrying a heavy load. It also expresses layers or multiplication in both literal and figurative senses.

彼かれは 重おもい荷物にもつを運はこんでいます。
He is carrying a heavy load.

同おなじ間違まちがいを 重かさねないでください。
Please don’t repeat the same mistake.