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軽 — 12 strokes / Radical「車」

道
8Elementary year 3 / 12 strokes / Radical「車」
On
ケイけい · kei
Kun
かる(い)・かろ(やか)karu(i) · karo(yaka)
Meaning
light (weight), easy

STROKE ORDER

Stroke order

ORIGIN

Origin

車 (vehicle) + 圣 (sound). A light cart that runs smoothly; from there it came to mean 'light'.

OFFICIAL READINGS

Readings and examples

Onケイけいkei軽快けいかい軽薄けいはく軽率けいそつ
Kunかるいkarui軽いかるい軽々とけいけいと手軽だてがるだ
Kunかろやかkaroyaka軽やかだかろやかだ

Readings and example words from the official Jōyō kanji table.

COMPOUNDS

Compounds

  • 軽食けいしょく

    light meal, snack

  • 手軽てがる

    easy, simple

More words with this kanji

  • 軽症けいしょう
  • 軽侮けいぶ
  • 軽蔑けいべつ
  • 軽佻けいちょう
  • 軽佻浮薄けいちょうふはく
  • 剽軽ひょうきん

EXAMPLE

Example

A sentence using this kanji

この かばんは とても 軽(かる)い。

This bag is very light.

Nearby characters

The line style shows how they connect

手軽軽食軽手hand食to eat転roll車car軋to cre…軌track軍army係duty兄older…刑punish…圭ceremo…系system
CompoundRadicalReading

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