Dong Chinese dictionary

qīng

light and quick, agile

Phonosemantic compound. 車 represents the meaning and 巠 represents the sound.

Components

車 Meaning component

chē, jū

vehicle

巠 Sound component

jīng

warp (textile)

Evolution

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)

Clerical script

Cao Wei (Three Kingdoms: 222-280 AD)

Regular script

Modern

Definitions

qīng

light; easy, simple; gentle; easy; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage

Most common words with 輕

Sources