軽

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See also: 輕
軽 U+8EFD, 軽
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8EFD
← 軼
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 軾 →

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

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

(Third grade kyōiku kanji, shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai form 輕)

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

Readings

Compounds

Noun

軽(けい) • (kei) 

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