• 140th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.15% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 356 words
  • Component in 8 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. chóng (chong2)to repeat • repetition • again • re- • classifier: layer
2. zhòng (zhong4)heavy • serious • to attach importance to

Pronunciation Clues

There are no phonetic clues for this character.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

严重 (嚴重)
重新 
重要 

Uncommon

保重 
加重 
厚重 
多重 
尊重 
慎重 
沉重 
注重 
珍重 
看重 
稳重 (穩重)
自重 
贵重 (貴重)
超重 
郑重 (鄭重)
重伤 (重傷)
重启 (重啟)
重围 (重圍)
重大 
重建 
重心 
重庆 (重慶)
重案 
重温 (重溫)
重演 
重现 (重現)
重生 
重叠 (重疊)
重磅 
重组 (重組)
重复 (重複)
重要性 
重视 (重視)
重返 
重逢 
重重 
重量 
重金 
重点 (重點)
隆重 
体重 (體重)

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  • 1256th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.01% to your reading coverage
  • 3 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 143 words
  • Component in 0 characters

Decomposition

1Once
3Graphical

Pinyin & Meaning

1. zhèng (zheng4)disease • illness
2. zhēng (zheng1)abdominal tumor
3. zhèng (zheng4)variant of 症[zheng4] • disease • illness

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhēng' (zheng1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
2. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhēng' (zheng1). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
3. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhèng' (zheng4). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
4. Pronunciation clue for zhèng (zheng4)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin initial.
5. Pronunciation clue for zhēng (zheng1)The component is pronounced as 'zhēng' (zheng1). It has the exact same pronunciation as the character.
6. Pronunciation clue for zhēng (zheng1)The component is pronounced as 'zhèng' (zheng4). It has the same pronunciation as the character, but differs on tone.
7. Pronunciation clue for zhēng (zheng1)The component is pronounced as 'zhǐ' (zhi3). It has the same pinyin initial.

Example Words

Common

强迫症 (強迫症)
后遗症 (後遺症)
恐惧症 (恐懼症)
症状 (症狀)
癌症 
综合症 (綜合症)

Uncommon

不孕症 
并发症 (併發症)
健忘症 
多动症 (多動症)
夜盲症 
失忆症 (失憶症)
孤独症 (孤獨症)
对症 (對症)
对症下药 (對症下藥)
尿毒症 
忧郁症 (憂鬱症)
抑郁症 (抑鬱症)
炎症 
焦虑症 (焦慮症)
疑难杂症 (疑難雜症)
病症 
症候群 
痴呆症 
症结 (癥結)
绝症 (絕症)
肥胖症 
自闭症 (自閉症)
重症 

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Decomposition Levels:
Level 1 - Once: Only divided once. So only two components.
Level 2 - Radical: Radical Decomposition. The character gets decomposed into its lowest radical components. For the complete list visit the Radical wikipedia page.
Level 3 - Graphical: Graphical Decomposition. Shows all the strokes & lowest level of components that make up the character.
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