Zi:重
重 [zhòng] heavy (沉重); 重要 important [chóng] 重新 again; 重重 layer upon layer; (HDZ:) … [tóng] 穜; 童
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
The Shuōwén Seal form of 重(𡍴) zhòng ‘thick/heavy’ (厚重) is said to combine 𡈼(𡔛) tǐng ‘stand upright’ (under a burden), and 東 dōng ‘east (sunrise; rise/raise)’ (phonosemantic); in the old forms the phonetic component 東 is wr. in the middle of 𡈼(𡔛).
Note: The Seal form of 重(𡍴) suggests a 人 ‘person’ above, and 土 ‘earth’ (gravity) below; a person being weighed on a balance, or a 童 child playing on a seesaw (跷跷板) with 田 central fulcrum; cf. 童.
Compare: 量(𨤦) liáng ‘weigh’, combining 重(𡍴) zhòng (abbrev.), and 日 (an object being weighed in a balance) for 曏 xiàng (abbrev. phonosemantic).
Compare: 童 tóng ‘child’, in which 重 (abbrev. phonosemantic); for 重/童 component variation, cf. 衝(𧘂) chōng ‘thoroughfare’, 鍾/鐘.
Compare: 重 zhòng ‘heavy’, vs. 轻/輕 qīng ‘light (carriage)’.
Compare: 动/動 dòng ‘move’ (with 重 phonetic); 车/車 chē ‘cart/car’ (車 is similar to the middle of 重).
Note: The modern 重 zhòng/chóng distinction, evident in MC (SBGY), is said to be absent in OC (DYC, GSR); SBGY records a 3rd old reading also merged in 重 zhòng; also 重 tóng, for 穜 and 童 (HDZ).
“[重] The ancient characters represent round or flat weights piled up on a kind of support” —Wieger.
“[重] 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(AD).
HDZ: 重 : zhòng : 厚 (厚重: 厚实, 有分量; cf. 重厚: 持重而敦厚; 富厚); 分量较大; 重量, 分量; 浓厚; 深; 大; 贵重; 要紧, 重要; 看重, 重视; 惜; 威重, 威望; 惇/敦重 (敦厚庄重), 端庄; 慎重, 谨慎; 增加; 担当, 负责; 权力, 权势; 载重车, 辎重; (宗法社会) 嫡系之大宗继承权; 粗重, 重浊; (古) 五声 “宫”; 迟缓 (cf. 𢝆); (简称) 重工业; (副词) (极, 甚; 盡); 湩: 乳汁 (cf. 湩); 動 (dòng): 感动, 离开 • chóng : 重复, 重迭; 拖累, 牵连; 多; 两个, 成双的; (副词) 再次, 又; 加上, 更进一层; (旧) (易) 钱筮法的术语, 火珠林…三钱擲之 (折: 两背一面; 单: 两面一背; 交: 俱面; 重: 俱背); (量词) (层; 种, 件; 周: 六十年; 阶, 级); 倍; 怀孕; 歌词用语; (古) (丧礼); (姓) • tóng : 穜: 先种后熟的谷物; 童: 儿童
►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; EDOC:1
►components: 丿車一日田東
►Cantonese: chuhng\ chuhng/ juhng-
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