Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound.
Components
Simplified (轻)
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墼 庫 warehouse (trad/jp)斬 hew (trad/jp)軋 flatten (trad)軌 rails (trad/jp)軍 army (trad/jp)軒 veranda (trad/jp)軔 Block A Block That (trad)軛 collar (trad)軟 soft (trad/jp)軫 cross board at (trad)軲 Wheel A Wheel (trad)軸 axle (trad/jp)軻 personal (trad)軼 rush (trad)軾 horizontal (trad)輂 horse carriage較 relatively (trad/jp)載 laden (trad/jp)輊 low (trad)
Historical Evolution
軽
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
軽
Seal
Chu (Warring States: 475-221 BC)
軽
Seal
Shuowen (~100 AD)
軽
Clerical
Qin dynasty (221-206 BC)
軽
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軽
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軽
Clerical
Western Han dynasty (202 BC-9 AD)
軽
Clerical
Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
軽
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
軽
Clerical
Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)
軽
Regular
Modern
Chinese
轻 / 輕 [qīng]
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
Japanese
- light (e.g. aircraft, truck)
- light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
Example Sentences
Japanese Names
軽 かる
Karu female given name
軽 かるさき
Karusaki surname
CHINESE WORDS (122)
年轻 [niánqīng] #831
young
轻松 [qīngsōng] #1,561
light
年轻人 [niánqīngrén] #1,758
young people
轻易 [qīngyì] #3,714
easily
轻轻 [qīngqīng] #5,058
lightly
减轻 [jiǎnqīng] #5,940
to lighten
轻微 [qīngwēi] #7,316
slight
轻度 [qīngdù] #19,302
mild (symptoms etc)
轻而易举 [qīng'éryìjǔ] #8,626
easy
轻声 [qīngshēng] #17,139
quietly
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JAPANESE WORDS (187)
⭐ 軽い [かるい] #580
light (i.e. not heavy)
⭐ 気軽 [きがる] #5,108
carefree
⭐ 軽蔑 [けいべつ] #6,204
contempt
⭐ 軽やか [かろやか] #6,348
light
⭐ 軽々 [かるがる] #6,815
lightly
⭐ 軽快 [けいかい] #7,915
light (of movements)
⭐ 軽 [けい] #9,404
light (e.g. aircraft, truck)
軽口 [かるくち] #9,773
talkative
⭐ 身軽 [みがる] #10,815
agile
軽々しい [かるがるしい] #11,378
rash
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