qīng

light and quick, agile

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𢀖 represents the sound.

Components
车 meaning component

  Meaning component

chē

  

vehicle

𢀖 sound component

𢀖  Sound component

jīng

  

warp (textile)

Evolution

轻 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
轻 Clerical script Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
轻 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
轻 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

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qīng

light; easy, simple; gentle; easy; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage

Most common words with 轻
Freq.
Word
Meaning

年轻

young

轻松

light

light

年轻人

young people

轻易

easily