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Kanji Detail for 輕 - "light, nimble, belittle, rash"
輕
- Meaning
輕 means "light, nimble, belittle, rash."
Light - Having little weight; few.
Nimble - Agile; quick.
Belittle - To look down upon; to scorn.
Rash - Careless; imprudent; lacking composure.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
light; easy; simple; gentle
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
light; easy, simple; gentle
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
light, gentle; simple, easy
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The opposite of 重 (heavy). Not requiring effort to lift something. Also treating something with contempt is called 輕. Such as colloquially saying 看輕 (look down on). Not taking oneself seriously is called 輕薄 (frivolous), 輕佻 (flippant). Also all things that are not serious are called 輕. Such as 輕寒 (slight cold), 輕病 (mild illness). | Simple and easy. Such as saying 輕車簡從 (light carriage with few attendants). | Hydrogen. Commonly called 輕氣 (light gas). Combines with oxygen to form water. | Swift.
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