Zi:重

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[zhòng] heavy (​重); 重​ important [chóng] 重​ again; 重重 layer upon layer; (HDZ:) … [tóng] ​; ​

2 monosyllabic entries in The ABC Chinese-English Comprehensive Dictionary (namespace Ci):

¹zhòng {A} n. weights.v.heavyweighty; importantTā huà shuō de tài ∼ le. 他话说得太∼了。 He's putting it too strongly.b.f.considerable in amount/value ►zhòngjià 重价serious; solemn ►¹yánzhòng 严重discreet ►shènzhòng 慎重deeplay stress on; attach importance to ►¹zhòngshì 重视
²chóng {B} adv. again; once moreb.f. repeat; duplicateKèběn mǎi∼ le. 课本买∼了。 Two copies of the same textbook were bought by mistake.m. layersuf. -fold

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The Shuōwén Seal form of 重(​𡍴) zhòng ‘thick/heavy’ (​重) is said to combine ​𡈼(​𡔛) tǐng ‘stand upright’ (under a burden), and ​ dōng ‘east (sunrise; rise/raise)’ (phonosemantic); in the old forms the phonetic component ​ is wr. in the middle of ​𡈼(​𡔛).
    Note: The Seal form of 重(​𡍴) suggests a ​ ‘person’ above, and ​ ‘earth’ (gravity) below; a person being weighed on a balance, or a ​ child playing on a seesaw (​) with ​ central fulcrum; cf. ​.
    Compare: ​(​𨤦) liáng ‘weigh’, combining 重(​𡍴) zhòng (abbrev.), and ​ (an object being weighed in a balance) for ​ xiàng (abbrev. phonosemantic).
    Compare: ​ tóng ‘child’, in which 重 (abbrev. phonosemantic); for 重/​ component variation, cf. ​(​𧘂) chōng ‘thoroughfare’, ​/​.
    Compare: 重 zhòng ‘heavy’, vs. ​/​ qīng ‘light (carriage)’.
    Compare: ​/​ dòng ‘move’ (with 重 phonetic); ​/​ chē ‘cart/car’ (​ 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 ​ and ​ (HDZ).
    “[重] The ancient characters represent round or flat weights piled up on a kind of support” —Wieger.
    “[重] The small seal has ​ (rén) at the top, ​ (tǔ) at the bottom and ​ (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 : ​ (​重: ​, ​; cf. 重​: ​重​; ​); ​; 重​, ​; ​; ​; ​; ​重; ​, 重​; ​重, 重​; ​; ​重, ​; ​/​重 (​重), ​; ​重, ​; ​; ​, ​; ​, ​; ​重​, ​重; (​) ​; ​重, 重​; (​) ​ “​”; ​ (cf. ​𢝆); (​) 重​; (​) (​, ​; ​); ​: ​ (cf. ​); ​ (dòng): ​, ​ • chóng : 重​, 重​; ​, ​; ​; ​, ​; (​) ​, ​; ​, ​; (​) (​) ​, ​…​ (​: ​; ​: ​; ​: ​; 重: ​); (​) (​; ​, ​; ​: ​; ​, ​); ​; ​怀; ​; (​) (​); (​) • tóng : ​: ​; ​: ​
►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
►Cantonese: chuhng\ chuhng/ juhng-
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