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Kanji Detail for 載 - "record, carry, load"

  • Meaning

    載 means "record, carry, load."

    1. To ride - To mount; to load onto a boat or vehicle for transport.

    2. To place - To set up; to establish; to pile up.

    3. To record - To write down; to document. Example

    4. To accomplish - To carry out; to implement.

    5. Work - Business; occupation; duty.

    6. Beginning - First; to start.

    7. Again - Once more.

    8. Here - Namely; that is.

    9. Words of oath - Pledge; vow.

    10. Year - Age; years.

  • Dictionary Citations

    The meaning above is based on the following sources:

    KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary

    ride; board; get on; place; spread; 10**44; record; publish

    Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters

    load; carry; transport, convey

    CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary

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

    Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data

    load; to carry, to convey, to transport

    XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary

    Using a vehicle to ride. From the person's perspective, it is called 乘 (ride). From the vehicle's perspective, it is called 載 (carry). Such as saying 載以後車 (carried in a rear carriage). All carrying things in vehicles or boats is called 載. Such as saying 滿載而歸 (returning fully loaded). | To bear. Having the strength to support something is called 載. Such as calling heaven and earth 覆載 (covering and supporting). Calling a sincere and virtuous person 載德之器 (a vessel of virtue). | To fill. The meaning of being full to the brim. Such as saying 怨聲載道 (complaints filling the roads). | To begin. Interchangeable with 哉. "Mencius" says "Tang first campaigned, starting from Ge." | To complete. "Book of Documents" says "Then continued to sing." Today used interchangeably with 再 (again). 再拜 (bow twice) is also written as 載拜. | Recording events is called 載. Meaning gathering matters and things into one compilation, like a vehicle carrying things. Such as 記載 (record), 載籍 (records). | A particle. Meaning "then." "Book of Odes" says "Then put away the weapons of war. Then sheathe the bows and arrows." | What vehicles and boats transport.
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