Memory phrase for the Kanji: 軽
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軽 |
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Meaning
| easy, light, flippant
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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.
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Radicals
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車
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vehicle | A hand-cart viewed from top: axle 丨, loading area 日, two wheels 二. |
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圣
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vertical | This radical comprises the ground/earth 土 and above a hand 又, to show "vertical". (For vertical itself this kanji 縦 [たて] is used.) |
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又
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hand | Several characters are used for hand:  , 扌, 手, ヨ |
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土
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earth | ground, soil |
Tip: Go to the radicals that are contained in this character and learn all the characters with this radical systematically!
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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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