音読み: ケイ
訓読み: かるい・かろやか
画数: 12
部首: くるまへん（車）
Meaning
Light (weight) / Easy / Careless
- 軽食 — light meal
- 軽快 — nimble, light-hearted
- 軽視 — disregard
- 軽自動車 — small car / kei car
- 軽やか — graceful, light
- 軽薄 — superficial, frivolous
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- 軽蔑 — scorn, contempt
- 軽装 — light dress, informal wear
- 気軽 — carefree, easy-going
- 手軽 — handy, easy, convenient
- 身軽 — light, unencumbered
The kanji 軽 combines 車 (car/vehicle) and 圣 (phonetic element). It originally referred to a light, fast-moving war chariot, and came to mean “light” in both weight and tone.