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轻 — light; easy; gentle

light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous

Pinyin
qīng
Strokes
9
HSK level
HSK 3
Handwriting
required

How to write 轻: 9 strokes

Each cell adds one stroke to the previous ones, with the new stroke in red. Stroke order is not decoration: it sets the proportions of the character and makes handwriting legible to a reader. This character is on the HSK handwriting list, so the exam expects you to write it, not only recognise it.

轻 — 9 strokes, in writing order from left to right.

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Words with 轻 in the HSK syllabus: 12

Every word in the official 2026 syllabus that contains this character, with the level it is introduced at. Learning a character pays off through these: each one combines with the characters you already know.

  1. 年轻niánqīngyoungHSK 3
  2. 减轻jiǎnqīngto lighten; to ease; to alleviateHSK 4
  3. 轻qīnglight; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportantHSK 4
  4. 轻松qīngsōnglight; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicatedHSK 4
  5. 轻易qīngyìeasy; simple; rashly; offhandedlyHSK 5
  6. 轻重qīngzhòngseverity; degree of seriousnessHSK 5
  7. 举足轻重jǔzú-qīngzhòngto play a critical role; influentialHSK 7–9
  8. 轻而易举qīng’éryìjǔeasy; with no difficultyHSK 7–9
  9. 轻蔑qīngmièscornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorativeHSK 7–9
  10. 轻视qīngshìcontempt; contemptuous; to despise; to scornHSK 7–9
  11. 轻微qīngwēislight; light; trivial; to a small extentHSK 7–9
  12. 轻型qīngxínglightHSK 7–9

Glosses come from CC-CEDICT, used under CC BY-SA 4.0, and are the dictionary’s first sense rather than a translation chosen for context.