Zi:重
重 [zhòng] (沉重) heavy; 重要 important [chóng] again [tóng]
2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):
►¹zhòng 重 {A} n. weight ◆s.v. ①heavy ②weighty; important ‖ Tā huà shuō de tài ∼ le. 他话说得太∼了。 He's putting it too strongly. ◆b.f. ①considerable in amount/value ►zhòngjià 重价 ②serious; solemn ►¹yánzhòng 严重 ③discreet ►shènzhòng 慎重 ④deep ⑤lay stress on; attach importance to ►¹zhòngshì 重视
►²chóng 重 {B} adv. again; once more ◆b.f. repeat; duplicate ‖ Kèběn mǎi∼ le. 课本买∼了。 Two copies of the same textbook were bought by mistake. ◆m. layer ◆suf. -fold
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“The ancient characters represent round or flat weights piled up on a kind of support” —Wieger.
“The small seal has 人 (rén) at the top, 土 (tǔ) at the bottom and 東 (dōng) phonetic in the middle; this is not original, for an older form is simply a picture of a weighing-machine, see WIEGER” —Karlgren.
重 has no relation to 車(车 chē).
►references: Guǎngyùn:036.30,238.17,345.19; Wieger:120k; Karlgren:AD1270,GSR1188a; Hànyǔ Dà Zìdiǎn:6.3680.2; Mathews:1509; Kāngxī Zìdiǎn:1291.03; Bǐshùn Guīfàn:121.0.01
►components: 丿車一
►Cantonese: chuhng\ chuhng/ juhng-
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