• 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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  • 26th most frequent character
  • Adds ~0.42% to your reading coverage
  • 2 dictionary entries
  • Appears in 138 words
  • Component in 2 characters

Decomposition

1Once
2Radical
3Graphical
丿

Pinyin & Meaning

1. yāo (yao1)to demand • to request • to coerce
2. yào (yao4)important • vital • to want • will • going to (as future auxiliary) • may • must • (used in a comparison) must be • probably

Pronunciation Clues

1. Pronunciation clue for yāo (yao1)The component is pronounced as '' (ya2). It has the same pinyin initial.
2. Pronunciation clue for yào (yao4)The component is pronounced as '' (ya2). It has the same pinyin initial.

Appears In

also appears in:

Example Words

Common

只要 
想要 
重要 
需要 

Uncommon

主要 
必要 
快要 
紧要 (緊要)
要命 
要是 
要求 
要么 (要麼)
非要 

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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.
If you see questions marks or too many "block" characters, especially when it comes to level 3 decomposition you might need the correct font.