[重] Handwritten Kanji for heavy and its Readings, Radical and Usage

Today’s Kanji is “重” (omo-i); Kanji for “heavy”.

 

Handwritten Kanji “重” (omo-i)

 

Readings, Radical and Meaning of “重”

漢字 Kanji	読み Readings	ローマ字 Romaji	画数 Stroke Count	部首 Radical	意味 Meaning
重	ジュウ チョウ え おも-い かさ-ねる かさ-なる	juu chou e omo-i kasa-neru kasa-naru	9	里	heavy

Readings contain “音読み(on-yomi)” and “訓読み(kun-yomi)“. On-yomi is written in “カタカナ(katakana)” and Kun-yomi is written in “ひらがな(hiragana)“. (⇒ What is On-yomi and Kun-yomi?)

 

Jukugo (Kanji Compound Words) / Usage of “重”

Jukugo / Usage	Yomi	Romaji	Meaning
体重計	たいじゅうけい	Taijū-kei	Body scale
重い荷物	おもいにもつ	Omoi nimotsu	Heavy package
重なりあって寝る	かさなりあってねる	Kasanari atte neru	Sleeping on top of each other