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CHINESE CHARACTER

轻 (qīng): Meaning, Words & Stroke Order

qīng
light, gentle; simple, easy
HSK 39 strokes

LEARNING CONNECTIONS

Primary radical

车 is the Unicode primary radical used to organise 轻.

Phonetic component

工 is recorded as the sound-side component in this pictophonetic analysis.

STROKES · 9

Write 轻 in 9 steps.

Each square adds one stroke in the standard writing order.

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Examples using 轻

年轻

我还年轻。

Wǒ hái nián qīng。

I'm young.

减轻

痛开始减轻了。

Tòng kāi shǐ jiǎn qīng le。

The pain has started to ease now.

放轻松。

Fàng qīng sōng。

Take it easy.

FAQ

What does 轻 (qīng) mean in Chinese?

light, gentle; simple, easy

How do you write 轻 in stroke order?

轻 has 9 strokes. Follow the animated stroke-order sequence above, then practise it on the writing page.

What is the radical of 轻?

车 is the radical in 轻. It can provide a meaning-side clue.

What are common words with 轻?

年轻 (niánqīng): young; 减轻 (jiǎnqīng): to lighten; to ease; to alleviate; 轻 (qīng): light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant.