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軽 かる.い、かろ.やか、かろ.んじる 手軽(てがる): easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap気軽(きがる): (1) carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly (2) ease軽快(けいかい): (1) casual (e.g. dress); light; nimble; jaunty; rhythmical (e.g. melody) (2) taking a turn for the better; receding of symptoms軽率(けいそつ): rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent軽減(けいげん): abatement; reduction軽い(かるい): (1) light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) (2) light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile (3) non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial (4) slight; small; gentle; soft (5) easy; simple (6) indiscriminate軽蔑(けいべつ): scorn; disdain 3 車: car圣: holy; sacred 車 7 輕 lightly I want to tread lightly on the environment.... That´s why I CAR-SPOOL to work everyday.... I know, lame.

Accepted Answer

ケイ lightly, trifling, unimportant 4 790 12 159 くるま・くるまへん 形声 Phonetic Fact: this kanji is used to denote a certain class of vehicles in Japan whose engines are under a certain size (less than 750cc I think) and are called light vehicles here. Imagine a so-called light vehicle or a light-truck with a load of spools driving down a road ever so lightly, careful not to let any of the spools roll out onto the street.

Kanji	軽
Onyomi	ケイ
Kunyomi	かる.い、かろ.やか、かろ.んじる
English	lightly, trifling, unimportant
Examples	手軽(てがる): easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap 気軽(きがる): (1) carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; sprightly (2) ease 軽快(けいかい): (1) casual (e.g. dress); light; nimble; jaunty; rhythmical (e.g. melody) (2) taking a turn for the better; receding of symptoms 軽率(けいそつ): rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent 軽減(けいげん): abatement; reduction 軽い(かるい): (1) light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily) (2) light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile (3) non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial (4) slight; small; gentle; soft (5) easy; simple (6) indiscriminate 軽蔑(けいべつ): scorn; disdain
JLPT Level	4
Jouyou Grade	3
Frequency	790
Components	車: car 圣: holy; sacred
Number of Strokes	12
Kanji Radical	車
Radical Number	159
Radical Strokes	7
Radical Reading	くるま・くるまへん
Traditional Form	輕
Classification	形声 Phonetic
Keyword	lightly
Koohii Story 1	Fact: this kanji is used to denote a certain class of vehicles in Japan whose engines are under a certain size (less than 750cc I think) and are called light vehicles here. Imagine a so-called light vehicle or a light-truck with a load of spools driving down a road ever so lightly, careful not to let any of the spools roll out onto the street.
Koohii Story 2	I want to tread lightly on the environment.... That´s why I CAR-SPOOL to work everyday.... I know, lame.

Light I I.E Lightly Easy E.G Nimble Vehicles