荷に

に

Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Physical items being carried, transported, or shipped. Common in compounds like 荷物 and 積み荷.

Metaphorical weight or duty, often used in set phrases like 荷が重い (the burden is heavy) or 荷を下ろす (to be relieved of a responsibility).

荷にを運はこぶto carry a load or cargo
船ふねで荷にを運はこぶ。
They carry cargo by ship.
荷にを積つむto load cargo onto a vehicle or vessel
トラックに荷にを積つんだ。
I loaded the cargo onto the truck.
荷にになるto become a burden
彼かれの存そん在ざいが荷にになることはなかった。
His presence never became a burden.

荷に物もつN5sense 1
荷物 is the everyday word for luggage, packages, or baggage, while 荷 is more often used in compounds or in abstract, collective senses of cargo.
積つみ荷に sense 1
積み荷 specifically refers to cargo that has been loaded onto a vehicle or vessel, while 荷 is the general term for any load or baggage.
負ふ担たんN2sense 2
負担 explicitly means a duty or burden one must bear, whereas 荷 more broadly covers both physical loads and metaphorical burdens.

荷に物もつN5
luggage; baggage; package · burden; encumbrance · payload
荷に重おも
heavy load; heavy weight · burden of responsibility; heavy duty
荷に台だい
load-carrying tray; luggage carrier; roof rack
荷に造づくりN1
packing; packing up; crating or baling for transport
重おも荷に
heavy load; heavy burden; heavy freight · heavy responsibility; mental burden; encumbrance

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The kanji 荷 combines the grass radical 艹 and 何 (what), originally depicting a load carried on the shoulder. The reading に is native Japanese.