Where does “軽” come from?

軽 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 軽自動車, from Japanese 自動車, from Japanese 自動, from Japanese 自動詞, from Japanese 詞, from Middle Chinese 詞.

軽 (Japanese): Abbreviation of 軽自動車; light, easy; lightweight

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of 軽自動車; light, easy; lightweight

Ancestry of “軽”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese軽自動車a light vehicle, kei car, city car, specifically a four-wheeled passenger vehicle with engine displacement less than 660 cubic centimeters
2Japanese自動車automobile, car, motorcar
3Japanese自動automatic movement, automatic functioning;...
4Japanese自動詞intransitive verb
5Japanese詞word; word; part of speech
6Middle Chinese詞—

Words derived from “軽”

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