Kanji

軽

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Stroke order data: KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0)(opens in a new tab)
JLPT N2Jōyō · grade 3freq #79012 strokes

Meanings

lightly, trifling, unimportant

ES: ligero, insignificante, poco serio, fácil

On
ケイ、キョウ、キン
Kun
かる.い、かろ.やか、かろ.んじる

Common words

  • 軽いかるいlight (i.e. not heavy), feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)
  • 気軽きがるcarefree, buoyant, lighthearted, sprightly
  • 軽快けいかいlight (of movements), nimble, sprightly, springy
  • 軽減けいげんabatement, reduction
  • 軽蔑けいべつcontempt, scorn, disdain, despising, looking down on, slighting
  • 軽率けいそつrash, thoughtless, careless, hasty, imprudent
  • 手軽てがるeasy, simple, informal, offhand, cheap
  • 軽視けいしmaking light of, thinking little of, slighting, belittling, dismissing, contempt, disdain

Example sentences

Dictionary data: JMdict and KANJIDIC2, property of the EDRDG, used under its licence (CC BY-SA 4.0).(opens in a new tab)

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