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軽
Light (Weight)
かる(い) (karui), かろ(やか) (karoyaka)
JLPT N4
Interesting Fact
🚗 More than 2,000 years ago, the original form of 軽 (輕) combined a cart (車) with the symbol 巠, which represented tightly stretched threads on a loom. Threads are light and easy to move, so together the character described a cart that could be pulled effortlessly. Over time, it came to mean "light" or "lightweight."
Memory Trick
🎈🚗 Imagine tying hundreds of helium balloons to a car(車). It's so light that it struggles to be on Earth(土).
Readings
Onyomi: ケイ (kei)
Kunyomi: かる(い) (karui), かろ(やか) (karoyaka)
Example Words
軽い
かるい (karui)
Light
軽食
けいしょく (keishoku)
Light meal
軽自動車
けいじどうしゃ (keijidousha)
Kei car
軽音楽
けいおんがく (keiongaku)
Light music
Example Sentence
この バッグは とても 軽いです。
この バッグは とても かるいです。
kono baggu wa totemo karui desu
This bag is very light.