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軽

軽 — gyeong

Meaning and reading as used in Korean (hanja).

This is the Japanese glyph form. The Korean form is 輕.

Korean reading
천할 경
Romanization
gyeong
English
light; easy, simple; gentle
Mandarin
zhì
Japanese on'yomi
ケイ, キョウ, キン
Japanese kun'yomi
かる.い かろ.やか かろ.んじる
Japanese usage
Jōyō kanji
School grade
Grade 3
Newspaper frequency
#790 of 2,500
Strokes
12
Variant forms
輕
Radical
車 (159, 5 residual)
Unicode
U+8EFD

Parts that make up 軽

  • 車 수레 거, 수레 차 위에서 본 수레수레와 바퀴 달린 것
  • 圣 흙을 파는 손‘굴·성’ 계열의 소리

Japanese words with 軽

  • 軽傷けいしょう minor injury
  • 手軽てがる easy; simple; informal
  • 軽減けいげん abatement; reduction
  • 気軽きがる carefree; buoyant; lighthearted
  • 軽けい light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
  • 軽量けいりょう light weight
  • 軽自動車けいじどうしゃ light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); k-car; kei car
  • 軽油けいゆ diesel oil; diesel fuel; gas oil
  • 軽快けいかい light (of movements); nimble; sprightly
  • 軽視けいし making light of; thinking little of; slighting
  • 軽率けいそつ rash; thoughtless; careless
  • 軽々かるがる lightly; easily; carelessly

Other hanja read “경”

Other hanja with radical 車

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