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載

載

See also: 载

Translingual

Han character

載 (radical 159 車+6, 13 strokes, cangjie input 十戈十田十 (JIJWJ), four-corner 43550, composition ⿹𢦏車)

References

  • KangXi: page 1243, character 12
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 38309
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1719, character 7
  • Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 5, page 3526, character 10
  • Unihan data for U+8F09

Chinese

trad. 載
simp. 载

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (𢦏) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
𢦏 *ʔslɯː
栽 *ʔslɯː, *zlɯːs
哉 *ʔslɯː
烖 *ʔslɯː
載 *ʔslɯːʔ, *ʔslɯːs, *zlɯːs
渽 *ʔsɯː
睵 *ʔsɯː, *sʰɯː
溨 *zɯː
裁 *zlɯː, *zlɯːs
酨 *l'ɯːs, *zlɯːs
蛓 *sʰles, *sʰɯs
胾 *ʔsrɯs

Phono-semantic compound (形聲, OC *ʔslɯːʔ, *ʔslɯːs, *zlɯːs) : semantic 車 ‎(“chariot”) + phonetic 𢦔.

Pronunciation 1

Rime
Character 載
Reading # 3/3
Initial (聲) 從 (15)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 昨代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /d͡zʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /d͡zəiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /d͡zɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /d͡zəjH/
Li
Rong		 /d͡zᴀiH/
Wang
Li		 /d͡zɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /d͡zʱɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zài
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 載
Reading # 2/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zài
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ dzojH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[m-ts]ˤəʔ-s/
English load on a vehicle (v.t.)

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 載
Reading # 3/3
No. 16499
Phonetic
component		 𢦏
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 載
Old
Chinese		 /*zlɯːs/

Definitions

載

  1. to ride; to travel (by); to take
  2. to carry; to hold; to be loaded with
    載人航天 / 载人航天  ―  zàirénhángtiān  ―  human spaceflight
  3. to bear (the weight of); to support; to hold up
  4. to be charged with
  5. to put into force; to come into effect
  6. to set out; to display
  7. to be in a certain condition
  8. to offer sacrifices to gods or ancestors
  9. to begin; to start
  10. to decorate; to deck out
  11. (in the form of 載…載…) Lists two simultaneous actions.
  12. as well as; also
  13. to be full of; to fill (the road); to be all over
  14. (colloquial) Short for 下載 (“to download”).
    先去載個軟件。 / 先去载个软件。  ―  Xiān qù zǎi ge ruǎnjiàn.  ―  Download the software first.
  15. vehicle; car; ship
  16. things loaded; loads
  17. affair; cause; undertaking
  18. Classifier for amount loaded by one chariot.
  19. (Min Dong) would rather; rather

Compounds

Pronunciation 2

Rime
Character 載
Reading # 2/3
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 作代切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡səiH/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡səjH/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sᴀiH/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zài
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 載 載
Reading # 3/4 4/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zài zài
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsojH › ‹ tsojH ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]ˤə[ʔ]-s/ /*[ts]ˤəʔ-s/
English record (v.) be conveyed in a vehicle

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 載
Reading # 2/3
No. 16493
Phonetic
component		 𢦏
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 載
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔslɯːs/

Definitions

載

  1. to record; to put down in writing (i.e. “to be conveyed”)
  2. to describe; to depict

Compounds

Pronunciation 3

Rime
Character 載
Reading # 1/3
Initial (聲) 精 (13)
Final (韻) 咍 (41)
Tone (調) Rising (X)
Openness (開合) Open
Division (等) I
Fanqie 作亥切
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang		 /t͡sʌiX/
Pan
Wuyun		 /t͡səiX/
Shao
Rongfen		 /t͡sɒiX/
Edwin
Pulleyblank		 /t͡səjX/
Li
Rong		 /t͡sᴀiX/
Wang
Li		 /t͡sɒiX/
Bernard
Karlgren		 /t͡sɑ̆iX/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex		 zǎi
Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character 載
Reading # 1/4
Modern
Beijing
(Pinyin)		 zǎi
Middle
Chinese		 ‹ tsojX ›
Old
Chinese		 /*[ts]ˤəʔ/
English year

Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system:

* Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence;
* Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p;
* Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix;
* Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary;

* Period "." indicates syllable boundary.
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 載
Reading # 1/3
No. 16492
Phonetic
component		 𢦏
Rime
group		 之
Rime
subdivision		 0
Corresponding
MC rime		 宰
Old
Chinese		 /*ʔslɯːʔ/

Definitions

載

  1. Classifier for years.
  2. (Buddhism) the number 1044

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

載

(common “Jōyō” kanji)

Readings

Number

載 ‎(hiragana さい, romaji sai)

  1. A number equaling 1044 in modern Japanese since the 17th century.

Korean

Hanja

載 • ‎(jae) (hangeul 재, revised jae, McCune-Reischauer chae, Yale cay)

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Vietnamese

Han character

載 (tải)

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