Jisho

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12 strokes
Radical:
cart, car
Parts:
Variants:
lightly, trifling, unimportant
Jōyō kanji, taught in grade 3
JLPT level N2
790 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

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

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
qing1
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

13 strokes
Radical:
heart 心 (忄, ⺗)
Parts:
foolish, folly, absurdity, stupid
Kun:
おろ.か
On:
Jōyō kanji, taught in junior high
JLPT level N1
1551 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers

Speed

Stroke order

On reading compounds

  • 愚 【グ】 foolishness, silliness, stupidity, folly, I, me
  • 愚痴 【グチ】 idle complaint, grumble, moha (ignorance, folly)
  • 軽愚 【ケイグ】 moronity, moron
  • 大愚 【タイグ】 great folly or fool

Kun reading compounds

  • 愚か 【おろか】 foolish, stupid, silly
  • 愚かしい 【おろかしい】 foolish, stupid

Readings

Mandarin Chinese (pinyin):
yu2
Korean:
u

Spanish

  • estupidez
  • tontería
  • prefijo humilde para cosas propias

Portuguese

  • tolo
  • tolice
  • disparate
  • estúpidez

French

  • stupide
  • absurdité
  • idiot
  • bête
1184 A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1884 A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1730 Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
1496 Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
1308 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
2032 Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
1642 Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1755 Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1701 Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
793 Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
3513 Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1813 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
2467 Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1976 Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette)
10946X Morohashi
2834 New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1925 New Nelson (John Haig)
1957 Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
2107 Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1623 Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
3658 2001 Kanji
4k9.15 The Kanji Dictionary
2-9-4 SKIP code
2-8-4 SKIP code
6033.2 Four corner code
1-22-82 JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
611a Unicode hex code