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軽 = 圣 + 車
軽 is a Japanese kanji written with 12 strokes, listed here under the keyword “lightly”. It is built from 圣 (spool) and 車 (car). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 774.
- Keyword
- lightly
- RTK frame
- 774
- Strokes
- 12
- On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
- ケイ, キョウ, キン
- Kun'yomi (native Japanese reading)
- かる.い, かろ.やか, かろ.んじる
- Script
- Japanese kanji
- Also known as
- слегка
- Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
- 軽 light
Decomposition
Primary decomposition
How to find 軽 without knowing its reading
On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “spool” + “car”. 軽 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.
Open 軽 in the interactive kanji search to expand every part down to its smallest pieces, add your own names and mnemonic stories, or search for other characters by their parts.