Memory phrase for the character: 重

重

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Meaning

to double, to repeat, heavy, serious

Pronunciation

 chóng, zhòng

Explanation

 A vehicle 車 (= A hand-cart viewed from above: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二) with further wheels 二 (This vehicle was simplified into: 车)

Mnemonic
 
A vehicle with double wheels is suitable for heavy loads.

Radicals

里 village, mile
重 heavy, to double
车 vehicleSimplified from 車. Showed a hand-cart from the top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. This character 车 is similar to the simplified east 东 =東.
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 Vocabulary

重大 zhòng dà  great; important; major; significant
重申 chóng shēn  to reaffirm; to reiterate
郑重 zhèng zhòng  serious; solemn
郑重 zhèng zhòng  
惨重 cǎn zhòng  disastrous
重臂 zhòng bì  actuator (arm of a lever); lever; actuating arm
重量吨 zhòng liàng dūn  dead weight ton
慎重 shèn zhòng  cautious; careful; prudent
重叠 chóng dié  to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together; to duplicate; one over another; superposition; an overlap; redundancy
重峦叠嶂 chóng luán dié zhàng  range upon range of mountains (idiom)
笨重 bèn zhòng  heavy; cumbersome; unwieldy
笨重 bèn zhòng  

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