輕

See also 轻, and 軽

Translingual

Etymology

the meaning of 巠 includes "straight", 車 + 巠 is a chariot which it runs straightly smoothly. The changed, it is "agile", "light".

Han character

輕 (radical 159 車+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十十一女一 (JJMVM), four-corner 5101₁)

1. of low weight; not heavy; light
2. easy, simple
3. gentle

References

• KangXi: page 1244, character 9
• Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38346
• Dae Jaweon: page 1720, character 5
• Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3534, character 5
• Unihan data for U+8F15

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Cantonese

Hanzi

輕 (simplified 轻, Yale hing1, heng1)

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Japanese

Kanji

輕

Readings

• On: けい (kei), きょう (kyō)
• Kun: かるい (karui), かろやか (karoyaka)

Usage notes

軽

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Korean

Hanja

輕 (hangeul 경, revised gyeong, McCune-Reischauer kyŏng, Yale kyeng)

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Mandarin

Hanzi

輕 (simplified 轻, pinyin qīng (qing1), Wade-Giles ch'ing¹)

Compounds

• 輕工業
• 輕輕鬆鬆
• 輕鬆
• 輕鐵

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Middle Chinese

Han character

輕 (*kiɛng)

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Vietnamese

Han character

輕 (khinh, khỉnh)