| 255 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese (Florence Sakade) |
| 339 | A Guide To Reading and Writing Japanese 3rd edition (Henshall, Seeley and De Groot) |
| 323 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
| 331 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
| 4601 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
| 791 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 937 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
| 546 | Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill) |
| 59 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 59 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
| 394 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
| 1768 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
| 4368 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2213 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 2977 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
| 1256 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
| 38034 | Morohashi |
| 3553 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
| 5928 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
| 1248 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
| 1337 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
| 174 | The Kanji Way to Japanese Language Power (Dale Crowley) |
| 285 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
身
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
320 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 心身 【シンシン】 mind and body
- 身障者 【シンショウシャ】 (physically) disabled person, person with a physical disability
- 終身 【シュウシン】 the whole life
- 等身 【トウシン】 body proportions
Kun reading compounds
- 身 【み】 one's body, one's person, oneself, one's appearance, one's place (in society, etc.), one's position, main part, meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.), wood (as opposed to bark), blade (as opposed to its handle), container (as opposed to its lid)
- 身動き 【みうごき】 movement (of one's body), moving about, stirring, acting freely, doing as one pleases
- 肩身 【かたみ】 shoulders, body, honour, honor, prestige, face
- 細身 【ほそみ】 narrow, thin (sized), slender
Readings
- Korean:
- sin
Spanish
- cuerpo
- uno mismo
- posición
Portuguese
- alguém
- pessoa
- fase da vida
French
- individu
- personne
- situation sociale
| 847 | 2001 Kanji |
| 0a7.5 | The Kanji Dictionary |
| 4-7-3 | SKIP code |
| 4-7-4 | SKIP code |
| 2740.0 | Four corner code |
| 1-31-40 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
| 8eab | Unicode hex code |
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
| 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) |
| 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 |