重点
HSK 4 (exam 2025)HSK 2 (2021)Old HSK 4
重点 (zhòngdiǎn) · key point
重点 (zhòngdiǎn) means “key point; focus”. It is written with 2 characters: 重 (heavy) + 点 (point). It is an HSK 4 word in the current exam syllabus (2025).
How 重点 is built
The characters
重 zhòng · heavy
What 重 is made of
- 千qiān — thousand
- 里lǐ — inside
- 田tián — field
- 土tǔ — earth
- 十 — ten
- 一 — horizontal stroke
Origin hint: A burden carried for a thousand 千 miles 里 (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
点 diǎn · point
What 点 is made of
- 占zhàn — to divine
- ⺊ — structural part
- 丨 — vertical stroke
- 口kǒu — mouth
- 冂 — frame
- 一 — horizontal stroke
- ⺊ — structural part
- 灬huǒ — fire
Origin hint: 灬 gives the meaning, 占 gives the sound. (from the Make Me a Hanzi dataset; treat as a memory aid where history is uncertain)
Example sentences
这是这一课的重点。Zhè shì zhè yī kè de zhòngdiǎn.This is the key point of this lesson.
考试的重点是什么？Kǎoshì de zhòngdiǎn shì shénme?What's the focus of the exam?
Questions about 重点
What does 重点 mean?
重点 (zhòngdiǎn) means “key point; focus”.
How do you pronounce 重点?
重点 is pronounced zhòngdiǎn.
Which HSK level is 重点?
重点 is in HSK 4 (exam 2025) and HSK 2 (2021) and Old HSK 4.
Related words
- 重要zhòngyàoimportant
- 重复chóngfùto repeat
- 重新chóngxīnagain
- 重视zhòngshìto value
- 重大zhòngdàmajor
- 沉重chénzhòngheavy
- 体重tǐzhòngbody weight
- 严重yánzhòngserious
- 重量zhòngliàngweight
- 尊重zūnzhòngto respect
Learn 重点 with its group
It is part of HSK 2 (2021) · Group 38: a short group with quick checks and spaced repeats.