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軽

軽

See also: 輕

Translingual

Traditional	輕
Shinjitai	軽
Simplified	轻

Han character

軽 (radical 159 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十水土 (JJEG), composition ⿰車圣)

of low weight; not heavy; light
easy, simple
gentle

References

KangXi: not present, would follow page 1242, character 19

Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38281

Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 13

Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3525, character 11

Unihan data for U+8EFD

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 軽 – see 輕. (This character, 軽, is a variant form of 輕.)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 軽 – see 輊. (This character, 軽, is a variant form of 輊.)

Japanese

Kanji

軽

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 輕)

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Readings

Goon: きょう (kyō)

Kan’on: けい (kei)

Tōon: きん (kin)

Kun: かるい (karui), かろやか (karoyaka), かろんじる (karonjiru)

Compounds

軽食 (けいしょく) ‎(keishoku)
津軽 (つがる) ‎(Tsugaru)

Noun

軽 ‎(hiragana けい, romaji kei)

Abbreviation of 軽自動車.