輕
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Translingual
Traditional | 輕 |
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Shinjitai | 軽 |
Simplified | 轻 |
Han character
輕 (radical 159, 車+7, 14 strokes, cangjie input 十十一女一 (JJMVM), four-corner 51011, composition ⿰車巠)
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
Chinese
trad. | 輕 | |
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simp. | 轻 | |
variant forms | 軽 |
Glyph origin
Historical forms of the character 輕 |
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Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) |
Small seal script |
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Characters in the same phonetic series (巠) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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Old Chinese | |
葝 | *ɡeŋ, *ɡeŋ |
頸 | *keŋʔ, *ɡeŋ |
勁 | *kɯns, *keŋs |
鑋 | *kʰeŋ, *kʰeːŋs |
輕 | *kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs |
涇 | *ɡeŋʔ, *keːŋ |
經 | *keːŋ, *keːŋs |
鵛 | *keːŋ |
巠 | *keːŋ |
剄 | *keːŋʔ |
烴 | *keːŋʔ |
徑 | *keːŋs |
逕 | *keːŋs |
桱 | *keːŋs |
蛵 | *qʰeːŋ |
陘 | *ɡeːŋ |
鋞 | *ɡeːŋ, *ɡeːŋʔ |
脛 | *ɡeːŋʔ, *ɡeːŋs |
踁 | *ɡeːŋs |
Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *kʰeŋ, *kʰeŋs) : semantic 車 (“carriage”) + phonetic 巠 (OC *keːŋ). Explanation of semantic component: light carriage.
Pronunciation
Definitions
輕
- light (of low weight)
- small; little; slight; minor; insignificant
- lightweight; portable; convenient to carry or manoeuvre
- rash; rattlebrained
- † frivolous; skittish; giddy
- easy; simple; relaxed
- humble; meagre; inexpensive
- gentle; light; soft
- † to belittle; to make light of
- † to lighten; to reduce
- † to forgive; to pardon
- (historical) light carriage
- Short for 輕工業/轻工业 (qīnggōngyè, “light industry”).
- † (chemistry) Alternative name for 氫/氢 (qīng, “hydrogen”).
Antonyms
- (light): 重 (zhòng)
Compounds
Derived terms from 輕
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Vietnamese
Han character
輕 (khinh, khỉnh)
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