轻
qīng · HSK 2
light
🪶 轻 = 车 (vehicle) + 巠 (light/swift) — a swift cart, hence light
The 车 radical marks vehicles; 巠 (jīng) carries the phonetic and a sense of swift, straight flow. Together: a nimble cart — light in weight, light on its feet. Also means agile, easy, gentle (e.g. 轻松 qīngsōng = relaxed).
轻 — vehicle radical 车 + 巠 (phonetic)
轻 is a semantic-phonetic compound. The left side 车 (vehicle) gives the meaning, originally referring to a light, swift chariot. The right side 巠 supplies the sound. Over time the meaning broadened from 'light cart' to 'light in weight' and figuratively 'slight' or 'gentle'.