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Kotomora

載

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

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 1,000Strokes13

Readings

On'yomi

  • サイ

Kun'yomi

  • の.せる
  • の.る

Nanori

  • とし
  • のり

Meaning

載 centers on placing something onto a surface or vehicle: riding, boarding, loading, or publishing (placing words on a page). The large-number sense is a specialized extension of piling up.

Most common words using 載

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  • 掲載けいさい
    N1

    publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

  • 連載れんさい
    N1

    serialization; serialisation; serial story

  • 搭載とうさい

    loading (on a ship); equipping (an aircraft, car, etc.) with; being equipped with

  • 記載きさい
    N1

    mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing

  • 載るのる
    N2

    to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to be loaded on

  • 満載まんさい

    full load; being fully loaded (with); being loaded to capacity (with); carrying a full load (of)

  • 転載てんさい

    reprinting; reproduction

  • 車載しゃさい

    in-vehicle; on-board

  • 積載せきさい

    loading; carrying

  • 艦載かんさい

    carrying aboard a warship

  • 休載きゅうさい

    suspending publication (of serialized content in newspapers, magazines, etc.)

  • 載さい

    10^44; hundred tredecillion

  • 収載しゅうさい

    including (in a compilation); publishing; recording

  • 混載こんさい

    mixed loading; consolidation

  • 千載一遇せんざいいちぐう

    once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

  • 登載とうさい

    running (an article); carrying; printing; publication

  • 艦載機かんさいき

    carrier-based aircraft; ship-borne aircraft (e.g. helicopters)

  • 上載圧じょうさいあつ

    overburden stress

  • 付載ふさい

    appending to the main body of a work; addition of an appendix

  • 併載へいさい

    carrying a related article (e.g. magazine); publishing a related article

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Etymology

載 combines 車 (vehicle) with (a component associated with cutting or placing), suggesting loading goods onto a cart. The exact historical development of the right side is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

A vehicle (車) loaded with earth (土) and weapons (戈) is ready to ride, board, or spread goods. Picture a cart piled high, ready to publish its load.

Reading mnemonic

For サイ, imagine a sigh of relief as you finally board the train: sigh -> サイ, and you ride away.