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载

zài, zǎi

to load

Phonosemantic compound. 车 represents the meaning and 𢦔 represents the sound. Simplified form of 載.

Components
𢦔 sound component

𢦔  Sound component

zāi

  

disaster, calamity

车 meaning component

车  Meaning component

chē, jū

  

vehicle

Evolution

载 Bronze script Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)

Bronze script

Late Spring and Autumn (~500 BC)
载 Seal script Shuowen (~100 AD)

Seal script

Shuowen (~100 AD)
载 Clerical script Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)

Clerical script

Eastern Han dynasty (25-220 AD)
载 Traditional script Modern

Traditional script

Modern
载 Simplified script Modern

Simplified script

Modern
Definitions

载 (載) 

zài

load; carry; transport, convey; to carry; to convey; to load; to hold; to fill up; and; also; as well as; simultaneously

载 (載) 

zǎi

to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zài]; year

Most common words with 载
Freq.
Word
Meaning

载

to carry

下载

to download

记载

to write down

转载

to forward (a shipment)

载体

carrier (chemistry)

Statistics

HSK level 4

Appears in 21.0316% of movies

1457th most common character in movies

977th most common character in books

Miscellaneous

Strokes

10

Traditional

載

Unicode

U+8F7D


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