light in weight (分量小，与重相对); young (程度浅: 年轻); gentle; soft; relaxed (用力小: 轻声, 轻闲)
轻 is light and easy: the opposite of heavy (减轻 'lighten'), 年轻 'young', 轻松 'relaxed'.
GF0025–2021 character list · 二级WHOLE GLYPH & STRUCTURE
ZDIC: 形声，从车、[声] — the source names the vehicle side and an old sound side whose glyph is missing from the cached page. The simplified right piece has no standalone identity and is shown as its five written strokes; no syllable claim is made.
WHOLE CHARACTER
light in weight (分量小，与重相对); young (程度浅: 年轻); gentle; soft; relaxed (用力小: 轻声, 轻闲)
轻 is light and easy: the opposite of heavy (减轻 'lighten'), 年轻 'young', 轻松 'relaxed'.
ZDIC: 形声，从车、[声] — the source names the vehicle side and an old sound side whose glyph is missing from the cached page. The simplified right piece has no standalone identity and is shown as its five written strokes; no syllable claim is made.
MEANING: THE VEHICLE RADICAL (THE OLD 轻车 'LIGHT CARRIAGE')
vehicle; cart
A standalone character and radical (chē, vehicle); it marks vehicle-related characters, and each page states its own role (meaning or sound).
In 轻: meaning: the vehicle radical (the old 轻车 'light carriage') Shown with its documented or clearly limited role.
RIGHT: FIVE WRITTEN STROKES — THE SIMPLIFIED REMNANT OF THE OLD SOUND SIDE
Notice this part of the shape; it is not taught as a separate word in this lesson.
In 轻: right: five written strokes — the simplified remnant of the old sound side The top two strokes form a closed loop (like 又); the bottom three write a 土-like base. No standalone word is claimed.
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