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CHINESE CHARACTER
- Numbered pinyin
- qing1
- English meanings
- light, agile, alert, easy, simple, rash, reckless, unimportant, frivolous, slight, neglect
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BUILDING BLOCKS
Structure & components
Left–right structure
Left–right arrangement: left 车; right (Top–bottom arrangement: top 又; bottom 工.).
Meaning & sound clues
车 is identified as the meaning component, associated with “cart”.
工 is identified as the sound component (gōng). Its pronunciation may differ from the modern pronunciation of 轻.
This breakdown describes the written shape. A component's meaning does not always explain the meaning of the whole character.
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Characters with the same pinyin, regardless of tone.
incline; pour
celebrate; congratulate
mood
lift; raise
clear
hydrogen
pure
engage
light; gentle
blue
area unit; just now
Example sentences
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Related words
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- 轻松
- 轻而易举
- 轻蔑