qīng

light

easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage

cart (车) + hand (又) + work (工) = light and easy

The 工 component mainly provides the sound qīng rather than semantic meaning. When you can easily grasp and move a cart with your hand, it suggests the load is light in weight.

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Right handSemantic
WorkPhonetic
CartSemantic

Words with 轻

轻食

qīng shí

light meal; snack

避重就轻

bì zhòng jiù qīng

to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial

重利轻义

zhòng lì qīng yì

to value material gain over righteousness

重形式轻内容

zhòng xíng shì qīng nèi róng

heavy on form, light on substance

重文轻武

zhòng wén qīng wǔ

to value letters and belittle arms (idiom); to stress civil matters and neglect the military

重男轻女

zhòng nán qīng nǚ

to value males and attach less importance to females (idiom)

重义轻利

zhòng yì qīng lì

to value righteousness rather than material gain (idiom)

重色轻友

zhòng sè qīng yǒu

paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom)

头重脚轻

tóu zhòng jiǎo qīng

top-heavy

驾轻就熟

jià qīng jiù shú

lit. an easy drive on a familiar path (idiom); fig. experience makes progress easy

不知轻重

bù zhī qīng zhòng

lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things

不轻饶

bù qīng ráo

not to forgive easily

More characters with 车