The kanji 軽 generally means "light" or "easy." It conveys the concept of something being not heavy, or something that is simple and doesn't require much effort. It can also imply being unimportant or trivial.

・On-yomi (音読み): ⚫︎ kei (ケイ) ・Kun-yomi (訓読み): ⚫︎ karu(i) (かるい) ⚫︎ karu(zuru) (かるずる)

⚫︎ 軽い荷物 (karui nimotsu) Translation: Light luggage ⚫︎ 軽食 (keishoku) Translation: Light meal; snack ⚫︎ 軽はずみ (karuhazumi) Translation: Carelessness; recklessness

The kanji 軽 is a 形声文字 (keisei moji), a phono-semantic compound. The phonetic component is 京 (kyou), which suggests the sound. The semantic component is 車 (kuruma), meaning "vehicle" or "carriage". Originally, 軽 depicted a lightly loaded carriage, hence the meaning "light" or "easy". Over time, it developed abstract meanings relating to ease and lack of importance.