Radical 丿

9 strokes

This is another character where there is a choice — we can regard it as a somewhat complicated basic building block, or try to split it up into parts. We’ve chosen to regard it as a basic building block, but you can regard it as “thousand” plus “in” (Characters 89 and 157) if you like: a bag with a thousand pebbles in it would be heavy!

重要 (101) zhòngyào important

[重点 (185) zhòngdiǎn main point, emphasis]

[重大 (47) zhòngdà major, great]

/ “The heavy wheel on your tractor squashed this rare jonquil,” said the policeman. The dwarf can’t see what the fuss is about (“It was only a flower, for goodness’ sake,” he mutters).