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重

Unicode: U+91CD

Pinyin: chóng zhòng tóng

Definition

zhòng:* 分（ fèn ）量较大，与"轻"相对。 ～负。～荷。～量（ liàng ）。～力。举～。负～。 * 程度深。 ～色。～病。～望。～创。 * 价格高。 ～价收买。 * 数量多。 ～金聘请。眉毛～。～兵。 * 主要，要紧。 ～镇。～点。～任。～托（国家重大的托付）。～柄。 * 认为重要而认真对待。 ～视。尊～。器～。隆～。 * 言行不轻率。 慎～。自～。 chóng:* 再。 ～复。～申。～版。～沓（重复繁冗）。～阳。～逢。 * 〔～庆〕地名，中国四个直辖市之一，地处中国西南。 * 层。 ～叠。～霄。～洋。～唱。～峦叠嶂

heavy, weighty; double

Structure

重 graph

Related substructures

FCT9J5PD

Precursors

Oracle Bone Script
c. 1300–1050 BCE (Late Shang)
Inscriptions carved on turtle plastrons and animal bones for divination and record-keeping in the late Shang royal court; the oldest large attested corpus of written Chinese.Wikipedia ->
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Bronze Inscriptions
c. 1200–221 BCE (Shang–Zhou; continues into the Warring States)
Inscriptions cast or engraved on ritual bronzes, especially prominent from the Western Zhou onward; a major source for early political, ritual, and social history.Wikipedia ->
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Chu Script
c. 770–221 BCE (Chu, Spring & Autumn–Warring States)
A regional script tradition used in the state of Chu, best known from brush-written bamboo and silk manuscripts with distinctive local forms.Wikipedia ->
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Qin Script
c. 475–206 BCE (Qin, Warring States → Qin dynasty)
Qin-area character forms attested on bamboo/wood slips (e.g., Shuihudi, deposited 217 BCE), overlapping chronologically with the standardization of seal script and the emergence of clerical tendencies.Wikipedia ->
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Small Seal Script
Standardized 221–206 BCE (Qin); developed earlier in Qin
The standardized seal script promulgated after Qin’s unification, based on earlier Qin seal forms and used as an empire-wide norm.Wikipedia ->
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Clerical Script
c. 300 BCE–220 CE (emerged late Warring States/Qin; dominant Han)
A practical script that evolved from late Warring States/Qin writing; it matured and became dominant in the Han dynasty, favoring faster, more rectilinear strokes.Wikipedia ->
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Transmitted Pre-Qin Forms
Pre-Qin forms (≤221 BCE) / late 2nd century BCE onward (Han → later textual transmission)
Pre-Qin character forms preserved through later textual transmission (often discussed as the 'Old Text' / guwen tradition). Shaped by repeated copying, they can diverge from excavated Warring States materials.Wikipedia ->
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Last Modified: 2026-01-29 11:48 UTC