qīng​tiǎo

frivolous

qīng light and quick, agile Simplified

Simplified form of . Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and 𢀖 represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
𢀖
𢀖 Sound component
jīng, xíng warp (textile)

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tiǎo, tiāo slender

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
xué, jué cave
Sound component
zhào omen

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Jin 266-316 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagartdewXlˤ[e]wʔ窈窕 beautiful
Zhengzhangl'eːwʔ
Unicodedhěu

說文解字

深肆極也。从穴兆聲。讀若挑。

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-SagartZhengzhang Shangfang
Historical images
Academia Sinica

qīng light and quick, agile Traditional

Phonosemantic compound. represents the meaning and represents the sound.

Components

Meaning component
chē cart, vehicle
Sound component
jīng warp (textile)

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Seal form
Seal Shuowen ~100 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Qin 221-206 BC
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Western Han 202 BC-9 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Eastern Han 25-220 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Clerical form
Clerical Three Kingdoms (Cao Wei) 222-280 AD
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-Sagartkhjieng[kʰ]eŋ (no palatalization before *-eŋ?)light (≠ heavy)

說文解字

《說文》:“輕,輕車也。从車,巠聲。”

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica