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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: 車 圣

軽

Radical

Radical: 車

Reading: くるまへん

Meaning: cart, car

Strokes: 7

Reading: くるまへん

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Examples

Examples with audio

軽傷(けいしょう)   minor injury

軽食(けいしょく)   light meal

軽工業(けいこうぎょう)   light industry

軽率な(けいそつな)   rash, impulsive, careless

軽薄な(けいはくな)   frivolous, superficial

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

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

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

軽い(かるい)   light, minor, not serious

気軽な(きがるな)   cheerful, buoyant, lighthearted

手軽な(てがるな)   easy, simple, informal, offhand

軽やかな(かろやかな)   light, airy, easy

Onyomi Examples

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

軽快 (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

軽々 (ケイケイ) indiscreetly, thoughtlessly, carelessly, frivolously

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

軽忽 (キョウコツ) indiscreet, thoughtless, absurd, laughable, disdaining, belittling

常不軽 (ジョウフキョウ) Sadaparibhuta (bodhisattva)

剽軽 (ヒョウキン) facetious, droll, funny

Kunyomi Examples

軽い (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

軽石 (かるいし) pumice stone

軽やか (かろやか) light, easy, non-serious, minor

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

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