軽

See also: 輕

軽 U+8EFD, 軽 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EFD ← 軼 [U+8EFC] CJK Unified Ideographs 軾 → [U+8EFE]

Translingual

Traditional	輕
Shinjitai	軽
Simplified	轻

Han character

軽 (Kangxi radical 159, 車+5, 12 strokes, cangjie input 十十水土 (JJEG), composition ⿰車圣)

Derived characters

• 𬬆

References

• Kangxi Dictionary: not present, would follow page 1242, character 19
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38281
• Dae Jaweon: page 1718, character 13
• Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3525, character 11
• Unihan data for U+8EFD

Chinese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of 軽 – see 輕 (“light; small; little; slight; minor; insignificant; etc.”). (This character is a variant form of 輕).

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of 軽 – see 輊. (This character is a variant form of 輊).

Japanese

Shinjitai	軽
Kyūjitai	輕

Kanji

軽

(grade 3 “Kyōiku” kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 輕)

1. light (e.g. vehicle, aircraft)

Readings

• Go-on: きょう (kyō)^{←きやう (kyau, historical)}
• Kan-on: けい (kei, Jōyō)
• Tō-on: きん (kin)
• Kun: かるい (karui, 軽い, Jōyō); かろやか (karoyaka, 軽やか, Jōyō); かろんじる (karonjiru, 軽んじる); かろんずる (karonzuru, 軽んずる)

Compounds

• 足(あし)軽(がる) (ashigaru)
• 軽(けい)食(しょく) (keishoku)
• 津(つ)軽(がる) (Tsugaru)

Noun

軽(けい) • (kei) 

1. Abbreviation of 軽自動車 (“kei car, light automobile”).