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
Origin
車 (vehicle) + 圣 (sound). A light cart that runs smoothly; from there it came to mean 'light'.
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
- 軽食けいしょく
light meal, snack
- 手軽てがる
easy, simple
- 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
この かばんは とても 軽い。
This bag is very light.
Nearby characters
The line style shows how they connect
CompoundRadicalReading
Stroke data from: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)