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 junior high
JLPT level N1
2004 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 侮 【ブ】 (something) despised, (something) made light of
- 侮辱 【ブジョク】 insult, affront, slight, contempt (e.g. of court)
- 軽侮 【ケイブ】 contempt, scorn
Kun reading compounds
- 侮る 【あなどる】 to disdain, to look down on, to make light of, to hold in contempt, to scorn, to despise
- 侮る 【あなどる】 to disdain, to look down on, to make light of, to hold in contempt, to scorn, to despise
Readings
- Korean:
- mo
Spanish
- desprecio
- menosprecio
- despreciar
- menospreciar
Portuguese
- desdém
- desprezo
- desprezar
French
- mépriser
- dédaigner
- prendre à la légère
- irrespect
1760 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1900 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
421 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1212 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
1047 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1736 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1858 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1801 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
91 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
91 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
59 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
63 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
998 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
629P | Morohashi |
82 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
187 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
989 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
1064 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1151 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
2147 | 2001 Kanji |
2a6.20 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-2-6 | SKIP code |
2825.7 | Four corner code |
1-41-78 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
4fae | Unicode hex code |