軽

lightly, trifling, unimportant

Readings

On'yomi (音読み)

キョウキンケイ

Kun'yomi (訓読み)

かる.いかろ.やかかろ.んじる

Stroke Order

12 / 12

Information

Grade:3

Strokes:12

JLPT:N2

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

キン

Word	Reading	Meaning
剽軽	ヒョウキン	facetious; droll; funny

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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