Spot 重
Find the repeated shape and notice where it sits before trying to memorize the whole character.
Visual pattern
重 component
zhòng · heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
A recurring visual building block found inside multiple Chinese characters. Compare what stays the same and what changes across the family.
A repeatable reading move
How to use 重
Use the component as a clue, then verify the complete character.
Compare the visual pattern
Use the stable shape to recognize the family, without assuming it always supplies meaning or sound.
Check what changes
Read the remaining component, then confirm the full pinyin, meaning, and stroke order on the character page.
Shared clue重Visual pattern
Read the pattern before memorizing the list
Use the shared shape as a recognition anchor, then confirm the full character's pronunciation and meaning.
The component page is a learning family; the radical page is a dictionary index. A shape can serve both roles.
Compare the family
What stays the same, what changes?
These cards only show complete visual decompositions from the current dataset that contain 重.
動=
+力
董=
艹
腫=
月
锺=
钅
種=
禾
衝=
彳+亍
踵=
𧾷
鍾=
金
Move into vocabulary
Words you can read next
These words contain characters from the 重 family. Open one to see its complete breakdown.
董事dǒngshì
board member
HSK 3.0 · L7-9董事会dǒngshìhuìboard of directors
HSK 3.0 · L7-9董事长dǒngshìzhǎngchairman of the board of directors
HSK 3.0 · L7-9古董gǔdǒngcurio
HSK 3.0 · L7-9不知丁董bù zhī Dīng Dǒngforgetting the fate of Ding and Dong
動dòngto move, to happen
延颈企踵yán jǐng qǐ zhǒngto stand on tiptoe and crane one's neck
接踵jiē zhǒngto follow on sb's heels
接踵而来jiē zhǒng ér láito come one after the other
提踵tí zhǒngto lift one's heels
摩顶放踵mó dǐng fàng zhǒngto rub one's head and heels
摩肩接踵mó jiān jiē zhǒnglit. rubbing shoulders and following in each other's footsteps