EntryCommonJLPT N5WaniKani 10
  1. I-adjective (keiyoushi)

    light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily)

    えりのスーツケースは重たそうだが、実際はとても軽い。
    Although Eri's suitcase looks heavy, it's actually very light.
  2. light (i.e. of foot); effortless; nimble; agile

  3. non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial

  4. slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; lighthearted (e.g. joke)

  5. easy; simple

  6. indiscriminate

    see 口が軽い

  7. light (shape or stones); stones that are not solid but can be used to sacrifice to gain something elsewhere

    Go (game)see 重い

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lightly, trifling, unimportant

Kun
かる.いかろ.やかかろ.んじる
On
ケイキョウキン
Strokes
12
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N2
Frequency
790 of 2500
Radical
cart
WaniKani
Level 10

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Dictionary and index codes (32)
CodeReference
1-7-5SKIP code
7c5.3The Kanji Dictionary
5701.4Four corner code
1572deroo
8efdUnicode hex code
1-23-58JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
4620Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
5953New Nelson (John Haig)
1515New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1909Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1015Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1372Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
717Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
774Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
650A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1657Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
598Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
38281Morohashi
269A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
547Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
556Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
387sakade
258Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
287henshall3
395Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
116Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1775Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
724Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qing1Pinyin reading
gyeongKorean reading
n2JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
10WaniKani level