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軽

Lightly

WaniKani level 10JLPT N2Joyo grade 3Top 500-1,000 · #79012 strokes

Meanings

Lightly, Trifling, Unimportant

On'yomi

けい、 きょう、 きん

Chinese-derived readings, typically used in compounds.

Kun'yomi

かる.い、 かろ.やか、 かろ.んじる

Native Japanese readings, typically used as standalone words.

Stroke order

Stroke order diagram for 軽

軽 is written in 12 strokes. Diagram from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

About this kanji

軽 (Lightly) is taught on WaniKani at level 10 and appears in the JLPT N2 kanji set. It is taught in Japanese elementary school grade 3 as part of the official Joyo kanji list. It ranks #790 in modern newspaper-frequency lists. It is written with 12 strokes.

Other kanji at WaniKani level 10

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Words using 軽

気軽きがるcarefree軽いかるいlight (i.e. not heavy)軽音楽けいおんがくlight music軽快けいかいlight (of movements)軽減けいげんabatement軽工業けいこうぎょうlight industry軽視けいしmaking light of軽傷けいしょうminor injury軽食けいしょくlight meal軽震けいしんweak earthquake軽薄けいはくfrivolous軽蔑けいべつcontempt軽妙けいみょうlight and easy軽油けいゆdiesel oil軽率けいそつrash軽量けいりょうlight weight

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