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载

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to record in writing; to carry (i.e. publish in a newspaper etc); Taiwan pr. [zai4]; year

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HSK 3.0
Level 4
Old HSK
Level 5
Strokes
10
Radical
車 +6
Structure
Upper-right enclosure 右上包
Traditional
載
Common rank
#891
Unicode
U+8F7D

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Formation & memory

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How 载 is formed

Phono-semantic compound (形声字)

车 meaning “cart” + 哉 sound ( zāi )

Components 哉 车

How to remember it

laden · Heisig RSH #366

cart + Thanksgiving

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

Words with 载

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WordPinyinMeaning
文以载道 wén yǐ zài dào words of truth; moral expressed in words; written article explaining a moral
一年半载 yī nián bàn zǎi about a year
载重能力 zài zhòng néng lì weight-carrying capacity
车载斗量 chē zài dǒu liáng lit. measured in cartloads and gallons; fig. by the barrowload (i.e. lots and lots); innum…
载重量 zài zhòng liàng dead weight; weight capacity of a vehicle
万载县 Wàn zài Xiàn Wanzai, a county in Yichun City 宜春市[Yi2 chun1 Shi4], Jiangxi
运载量 yùn zài liàng carrying capacity; maximum load; load actually carried
载客车 zài kè chē passenger vehicle
载人 zài rén to carry a passenger; (of spaceships etc) manned; also pr. [zai3 ren2]
载伯德 Zǎi bó dé Zebedee (name)
载酒问字 zài jiǔ wèn zì a scholarly and inquisitive individual (idiom)
上载 shàng zǎi to upload; also pr. [shang4zai4]
载体 zài tǐ carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium
载客量 zài kè liàng passenger capacity
下载 xià zǎi to download; also pr. [xia4zai4]
载道 zài dào to fill the road (also fig. clamor, cries of complaint); to communicate a moral; to convey…
车载 chē zài carried within a vehicle; onboard
载车 zài chē to transport vehicles; carrier vehicle for equipment (esp. a weapon system)
载弹量 zài dàn liàng payload
空载 kōng zài (of a ship, train etc) not carrying any load (i.e. no passengers or freight etc); (electri…