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重 means 'heavy'

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Strokes : 9    Frequency: 158   JLPT: N4    Usefulness: 2    Study set: 2-4    Grade: 3   Intermediate lesson: 9    Beginner lesson: -   Begins 289 words   Used in 587 words   Used in 2009 names   Component in 19 kanji (7 Jōyō)
Jōyō (常用)
Common readings
On
   ジュウ   チョウ
Kun
   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply
Name
   え   しげ
Additional readings
Kun    おもり   おもなう   おも
Name    さね   しげる
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Most useful words by reading
In the most useful 10,000 words in Japanese, 重 is used 28 times, read 5 ways.
Across all words in Japanese, 重 is used 572 times, read 5 ways (with 1 variation). 1 word uses a non-standard reading.
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ジュウ : 412 words FIND ALL
じ ゅ う よ う 0
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
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チョウ : 40 words FIND ALL
き ち ょ う 0
precious; valuable
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え : 34 words FIND ALL
ひ と え 2
one layer; single; onefold
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おもい : 48 words FIND ALL
お も い 0
1. heavy; weighty; massive  (opposite: 軽い)
2. heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
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かさなる : 35 words FIND ALL
か さ ね る 0
ichidan verb, transitive verb
1. to pile up; to put something on top of another; to stack up
2. to repeat many times over; to go through something repeatedly
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かさなる (read as がさ) : 2 words FIND ALL
noun
1. chrysanthemum
2. color scheme for a kasane  (see also: 襲)
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Part of a non-standard reading: 1 word. FIND ALL
と え は た え 4
noun
multitude
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An additional かさ.ねる less common words include 重 but the reading has not yet been categorized.
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Additional data
Henshall: 326 (originally: 311)  Joy o' Kanji : 311  Key to Kanji: 499 

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重
ジュウ   チョウ   おもい heavy   かさなる to be piled up   かさねる to pile up   え -fold, -ply   
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