Kanji

Jōyō kanji, Taught in grade 3

JLPT level: N2

790 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Stroke count: 12

Meaning: lightly, trifling, unimportant

Kunyomi: かる.い かろ.やか かろ.んじる

Onyomi: ケイ キョウ キン

Composition:

Radical

Radical:

Reading: くるまへん

Meaning: cart, car

Strokes: 7

Examples

Examples with audio

傷(けいしょう)   minor injury

食(けいしょく)   light meal

工業(けいこうぎょう)   light industry

率な(けいそつな)   rash, impulsive, careless

薄な(けいはくな)   frivolous, superficial

快な(けいかいな)   rhythmical, casual, light, nimble

視する(けいしする)   despise, slight, ignore, neglect

減する(けいげんする)   lighten, lessen, abate [v.i.]

い(かるい)   light, minor, not serious

な(きがるな)   cheerful, buoyant, lighthearted

な(てがるな)   easy, simple, informal, offhand

やかな(かろやかな)   light, airy, easy

Onyomi Examples

ケイ light (e.g. aircraft, truck), light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), kei car

ケイカイ light (of movements), nimble, sprightly, springy, light-hearted, cheerful, buoyant, jaunty, casual (e.g. clothing), rhythmical (e.g. melody), taking a turn for the better (of an illness), receding of symptoms, recovery, convalescence

ケイケイ indiscreetly, thoughtlessly, carelessly, frivolously

酌量減 シャクリョウゲンケイ reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances

キョウコツ indiscreet, thoughtless, absurd, laughable, disdaining, belittling

常不 ジョウフキョウ Sadaparibhuta (bodhisattva)

ヒョウキン facetious, droll, funny

Kunyomi Examples

かるい light (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily), light (i.e. of foot), effortless, nimble, agile, non-serious, minor, unimportant, trivial, slight, small, gentle, soft, easy, lighthearted (e.g. joke), easy, simple, indiscriminate

かるいし pumice stone

やか かろやか light, easy, non-serious, minor

んじる かろんじる to look down on, to make light of