軽 — light, light (in weight), lightly

かるい軽 light

Grade 3 Japanese school grade level in which this kanji is taught. Grade 1 is first year of elementary school. 12 strokes size

U+8EFD Unicode hex codepoint — a unique identifier for this character in the Unicode standard. Freq #790 Frequency rank among the ~2,500 most common kanji in Japanese newspapers. Lower number = more common. Heisig #774 Index in James Heisig's "Remembering the Kanji" — a popular textbook that teaches kanji through mnemonics and stories.

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Meanings

light
light (in weight)
lightly
trifling
unimportant

Readings

On'yomi: けい kei きょう kyou きん kin
Kun'yomi: かる karu かろ karo

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かる・がる karu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

軽(かる) い karui light (weight) 気(き) 軽(がる) kigaru casual 手(て) 軽(がる) tegaru easy 軽(かる) 井(い) 沢(ざわ) karuizawa Karuizawa (resort town)

けい kei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

軽(けい) kei light 軽(けい) 量(りょう) keiryou lightweight 軽(けい) 減(げん) keigen reduction 軽(けい) 快(かい) keikai light 軽(けい) 視(し) keishi contempt 軽(けい) 蔑(べつ) keibetsu contempt

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くるま車 car #159

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

#159 車 car

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かる・がる karu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

けい kei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

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Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

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軽 — light, light (in weight), lightly

Meanings

Readings

word

かる ・がる karu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).

けい kei On'yomi On'yomi (音読み) — the Sino-Japanese reading, derived from Chinese pronunciation. Most commonly used in compound words (jukugo).

Stroke order

Components

Composed of

Kangxi Radical The Kangxi radicals are a set of 214 character components standardized in the 1716 Kangxi Dictionary. Every kanji is classified under one radical, used for dictionary lookup and character organization.

Keyboard Shortcuts

General

かる・がる karu Kun'yomi Kun'yomi (訓読み) — the native Japanese reading of this kanji. Used when the kanji appears alone or with okurigana (trailing hiragana).