387 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
287 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
269 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
650 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4620 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
598 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
258 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1657 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
547 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
556 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
116 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1775 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1909 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1015 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1372 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
724 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38281 | Morohashi |
1515 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5953 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
717 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
774 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
395 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
790 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 軽 【ケイ】 light (e.g. aircraft, truck), light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp), kei car
- 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
- 軽々 【ケイケイ】 indiscreetly, thoughtlessly, carelessly, frivolously
- 酌量減軽 【シャクリョウゲンケイ】 reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances
- 軽忽 【キョウコツ】 indiscreet, thoughtless, absurd, laughable, disdaining, belittling
- 常不軽 【ジョウフキョウ】 Sadaparibhuta (bodhisattva)
- 剽軽 【ヒョウキン】 facetious, droll, funny
Kun reading compounds
- 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
- 軽石 【かるいし】 pumice stone
- 軽やか 【かろやか】 light, easy, non-serious, minor
- 軽んじる 【かろんじる】 to look down on, to make light of
Readings
- Korean:
- gyeong
Spanish
- ligero
- insignificante
- poco serio
- fácil
Portuguese
- ligeiramente
- insignificante
- sem importância
French
- léger
- insignifiant
- sans importance
1572 | 2001 Kanji |
7c5.3 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-5 | SKIP code |
5701.4 | Four corner code |
1-23-58 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8efd | Unicode hex code |
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 4
JLPT level N3
729 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 便 【ベン】 convenience, service, facility, accommodation, excreta (esp. faeces), excrement, stool
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 利便 【リベン】 convenience
- 大便 【ダイベン】 feces, faeces, excrement, stool
- 便 【ビン】 flight (e.g. airline flight), trip (e.g. train trip), service, mail, post, letter, opportunity, chance
- 便宜 【ベンギ】 convenience, accommodation, advantage, benefit, expediency
- 穏便 【オンビン】 gentle, peaceable, amicable, quiet, without fuss, simply
- 増便 【ゾウビン】 increase in the number of flights
Kun reading compounds
- 便り 【たより】 news, tidings, information, correspondence, letter
- 便りがないのはよい便り 【たよりがないのはよいたより】 no news is good news
Readings
- Korean:
- pyeon, byeon
Spanish
- conveniencia
- excremento
- noticias
- correspondencia
- carta
Portuguese
- conveniência
French
- commodité
- courrier
- vol (avion)
- nouvelles
510 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
610 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
582 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
578 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
450 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
265 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
118 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
3.8 | Japanese for Busy People |
330 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
330 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
227 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
101 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
105 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
71 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
75 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
1000 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
659 | Morohashi |
95 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
219 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
991 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1066 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
533 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2166 | 2001 Kanji |
2a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-7 | SKIP code |
2124.6 | Four corner code |
1-42-56 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4fbf | Unicode hex code |