Memory phrase for the character: 軽

軽

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Meaning

easy, light, flippant

Pronunciation

KEI
karui

Explanation

 Left: a vehicle 車 (A hand-cart seen from above with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二), right: vertical 圣 (A hand 又 is vertically above ground 土)

Mnemonic
 
Pulling a vehicle by hand over the flat earth (=aligned to the vertical) is easy.

Radicals

車 vehicleA hand-cart seen from the top, with axle 丨, loading area 日 and two wheels 二.
圣 verticalThis radical comprises the ground/earth 土 and above a hand 又, to show "vertical". (For vertical itself this kanji 縦 [たて] is used.) The kanji 圣 itself means “holy”, as you hold your hand over the object when blessing it.
又 handSeveral characters are used for hand: , 扌, 手, ヨ
土 earthground, soil




 Vocabulary

軽い かるい  light, non-serious, minor
軽食 けいしょく  light meal
手軽 てがる  easy, simple, informal, offhand, cheap
気軽 きがる  cheerful, buoyant, lighthearted
軽快 けいかい  rhythmical (e.g. melody), light, nimble
軽減 けいげん  abatement
軽率 けいそつ  rash, thoughtless, careless, hasty
軽蔑 けいべつ  scorn, disdain

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