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軽

Lightweight
Stroke count: 12

Readings

On readingケイ
Kun readingかる.い、かろ.やか

Verbs with «軽»

軽減する軽視する

Meanings

  1. lightweight
  2. lightlyRtK
  3. trifling
  4. unimportant
  1. light (e.g. aircraft, truck)
  2. light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp)
  3. kei car

Synonyms

軽自動車

Homonyms

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Popular Usage

軽い気軽軽快軽減軽率軽蔑

Radicals and components

Radical車cart
Components
How it's built
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Mnemonic (RtK)

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car (車) · spool · clod · toilet paper · crotch · soil (土) · dirt (土) · ground (土)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 774

Compound words

超軽量新素材の採用により、従来の約半分(当社比)という圧倒的な軽さを実現!かるい
As a result of new ultra-light materials, our product now only weighs about half as much as before!tatoeba
彼は福祉を受けて生活する人たちを軽蔑した。
He despised those who lived on welfare.tatoeba
彼は父の忠告を軽視しがちである。
He is inclined to make light of his father's advice.tatoeba
彼は父の忠告を軽んじた。
He made little of his father's advice.tatoeba
彼は非常に尊敬されていた、しかるに彼の息子は非常に軽蔑されていた。
He was greatly respected, while his son was as much despised.tatoeba
笞刑に次ぐ軽い刑罰である。
It is a lightest punishment except whipping.wiki
日本のほうが縁座の範囲が狭く軽い。
The scope of enza was narrower and the punishment was lighter in Japan.wiki
軽快でなめらかなもの。
It is light and smooth.wiki
太鼓中之舞よりやや軽快。
This mai is danced more lightly than the Chu no mai accompanied on dai-sho hand drums.wiki
京や畿内では軽減、飛騨では免除された。
The capital and Kinai region enjoyed lightened levy, while Hida Province enjoyed an exemption from paying.wiki
後工程となる濾過の負担軽減へも影響を及ぼす。
It also lessens the load of the filtration in the following process.wiki
橘奈良麻呂の乱は計画性に乏しく軽率と言えば、軽率ではあった。
The TACHIBANA no Naramaro War was planless and a hasty action.wiki
橘奈良麻呂の乱は計画性に乏しく、軽率と言えば、軽率ではあった。
The revolt of TACHIBANA no Naramaro was poorly planned so it can be described as ill-advised.wiki

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

ペットボトルは軽くなったよな
ぺっとぼとるはかるくなったよなPlastic bottles got lighter.
夜は軽めの食事ですませる
よるはけいめのしょくじですませるAt night, I keep my meal light.
馬は軽車両です
うまはけいしゃりょうですA horse is a light vehicle.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke Order

12 strokes

Light (in weight). 車 (cart) + 圣 — a light, fast cart.

Practice Writing

Practice Writing 軽

Draw with a guide, then from memory — checked at every step