The 重 family
重 · zhòng · chóng to repeat · ㄓㄨㄥˋ — heavy
Know 重 and the readings of 6 more characters follow: 種、動、衝、董、鍾、腫. In traditional Chinese, most characters carry a sound component — a phonetic — and learning the phonetic once lights up its whole family. This page is that family, drawn live from the map.
The characters
One sound, many meanings: the 部首 beside each character is the other half of the pair, the part that tells them apart.
- 種zhǒng · ㄓㄨㄥˇ部首 禾 · grain plantkind; type; seed81%
- 動dòng · ㄉㄨㄥˋ部首 力 · strengthto move; to act; to use67%
- 衝chōng · ㄔㄨㄥ部首 行 · to gothoroughfare; to go straight ahead67%
- 董dǒng · ㄉㄨㄥˇ部首 艸 · grassto supervise; to direct67%
- 鍾zhōng · ㄓㄨㄥ部首 金 · goldhandleless cup; goblet; to concentrate (one's affection etc)81%
- 腫zhǒng · ㄓㄨㄥˇ部首 肉 · meatto swell; swelling81%
The percentage is our computed confidence that 重 really signals that character’s sound — scored from how closely the readings agree and how reliably 重 predicts the sound of every character built on it. Mean for this family: 74%.
Words this family builds
- 這種
- 重要
- 那種
- 一種
- 行動
- 重新
- 嚴重
- 動物
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