轻(qīng): light
light
Stroke order animation
Character information
- Pinyin
- qīng
- Meaning
- light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- Strokes
- 9
- HSK level
- HSK 2
- Traditional
- 輕
Origin & structure
Where 轻 comes from and how its parts fit together.
How to write 轻 step by step
9 strokes — each frame adds one stroke, shown in dark ink over the lighter ones.
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Words with 轻
Common words using 轻 — tap any character to open its stroke-order page.
lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
Open 不知轻重 page →lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to …
Open 问鼎轻重 page →Related characters
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