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Kanji Detail for 載 - "to ride, to place, to record"

載

  • Meaning

    載 means "to ride, to place, to record."

    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.

  • Words using 載

    • 掲載 けいさい Listen publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial)
    • 連載 れんさい Listen serialization; serialisation; serial story
    • 記載 きさい Listen mention (in a document); record; entry
    • 搭載 とうさい Listen loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with
    • 積載 せきさい Listen loading; carrying
    • 登載 とうさい Listen running (an article); carrying; printing
    • 載る のる Listen to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on

  • Four-character idioms with 載

    • 千載一遇 せんざいいちぐう Listen once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

  • Tattoo check: 載

    • Verified meaning: to ride, to place, to record
    • Official Jōyō kanji — a standard character every Japanese reader recognises
    • Used in real Japanese given names (read たい, はじめ, みつる)

    A single kanji rarely maps one-to-one onto an English word. Read the meanings and associations above as a set — a character that fits the dictionary definition can still carry a connotation you did not intend.

  • Name readings of 載

    Given names 載(はじめ)Listen 載(みつる)Listen

    Surnames 載(たい)Listen

  • 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.

  • Onyomi

    tip

    sai(サイ) サイ

  • Kunyomi

    tip

    no.ru(の-る) の-る

    no.seru(の-せる) の-せる

  • Strokes

    tip

    13 strokes

  • Radical

    tip

    戈 (hokozukuri・hokogamae・hoko・kanohoko)車 (kuruma・kurumahen)

  • Related Keywords

    to ride to place to record to load to publish carry mount convey document list print transport register

Sentences including 載

  • He put a cap on his head.

  • There is nothing interesting in the newspaper.

  • The word is not in my dictionary.

  • His picture was in the newspaper.

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