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 N2
1269 of 2500 most used kanji in newspapers
Stroke order
On reading compounds
- 軟 【ナン】 soft
- 軟化 【ナンカ】 softening, softening (of attitude), mollification, weakening (of the market), blanching (of vegetables; by depriving them of light)
- 硬軟 【コウナン】 hardness and softness, hard line and moderate line
- 軽軟 【ケイナン】 light and soft (of a wood)
Kun reading compounds
- 柔らか 【やわらか】 soft, tender, pliant, supple, soft (colour, light, etc.), subdued, gentle (demeanour, voice, etc.), mild, informal, light, flexible (e.g. thinking)
- 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
- 柔らかい 【やわらかい】 soft, tender, supple, flexible, limber, limp, gentle, mild, soft, mellow, light (topic, book, etc.), informal, flexible (thinking, mind, etc.), malleable, adaptable
Readings
- Korean:
- yeon
Spanish
- suave
- flojo
- débil
Portuguese
- macio
French
- mou
1673 | A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall) |
1199 | A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage |
4614 | Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson) |
1482 | Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill) |
940 | Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) |
1788 | Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1922 | Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky) |
1308 | Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono) |
1774 | Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide |
1871 | Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
994 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
1345 | Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern) |
481 | Les Kanjis dans la tete (Yves Maniette) |
38213 | Morohashi |
1479 | New Japanese English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern) |
5947 | New Nelson (John Haig) |
470 | Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig) |
509 | Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig) |
1489 | Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask) |
1562 | 2001 Kanji |
7c4.1 | The Kanji Dictionary |
1-7-4 | SKIP code |
5708.2 | Four corner code |
1-38-80 | JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code |
8edf | Unicode hex code |