軽
lightly, trifling, unimportant
Readings
On'yomi (音読み)
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
Stroke Order
12 / 12
Information
Grade:3
Strokes:12
JLPT:2
Frequency:790
Vocabulary
キョウ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 常不軽 | ジョウフキョウ | Sadaparibhuta (bodhisattva) |
| 軽忽 | キョウコツ | indiscreet; thoughtless; absurd; laughable; disdaining; belittling |
ケイ
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 軽快 | ケイカイ | light (of movements); nimble; sprightly; springy; light-hearted; cheerful; buoyant; jaunty; casual (e.g. clothing); rhythmical (e.g. melody); taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms; recovery; convalescence |
| 軽減 | ケイゲン | abatement; reduction |
| 軽視 | ケイシ | making light of; thinking little of; slighting; belittling; dismissing; contempt; disdain |
| 軽傷 | ケイショウ | minor injury |
| 軽震 | ケイシン | weak earthquake |
Other
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 気軽 | きがる | carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly; ease |
| 軽い | かるい | light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile; non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial; slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke); easy; simple; indiscriminate |
| 軽い | かろい | light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile; non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial; slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke); easy; simple; indiscriminate |
| 軽べつ | けいべつ | contempt; scorn; disdain; despising; looking down on; slighting |
| 手軽 | てがる | easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap |
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